Monument to the Lion of Judah on a black granite pedestal decorated with relief portraits of Menelik II, Haile Selassie I, Zewditu, and "ras" Makonnen Wolde Mikael. The monument is located in the square in front of the old railway station and marks the end of Winston Churchill Avenue, one of the main arteries of the city. Monument to the Lion of Judah The monument to the Lion of Judah is a statue of the Lion of Judah, symbol of Ethiopian Emperors and Ethiopia. It is located in the square of the Addis Ababa railway station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The statue is particularly well known
Perez (son of Judah) critical scholars, the birth narrative may be an etiological myth explaining the origin of parts of the tribe of Judah. Perez (son of Judah) According to the Book of Genesis, Pharez/Perets () was the son of Tamar and Judah, and the twin of Zerah. The name is transliterated to English as both "Perets " (NIV, ESV, NKJV) and "Pharets" (KJV). Perets , in Hebrew means "breach or burst forth" and is named after the narrative of his birth as recorded in Genesis 38:29. The Book of Ruth lists Perets as being part of the ancestral genealogy of King David, and