Lion of Venice Lion of Venice The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze winged lion sculpture in the Piazza San Marco of Venice, Italy, which came to symbolize the city — as well as one of its patron saints, St Mark — after its arrival there in the 12th century. The sculpture surmounts one of two large granite columns in the Square, thought to have been erected between 1172 - 1177 during the reign of Doge Sebastiano Ziani or about 1268, bearing ancient symbols of the two patron saints of Venice. The "Lion" sculpture has had a very long and obscure history,
Saint Mary's Square (San Francisco) will sever the sister-city relationship with San Francisco as "the relationship of trust has completely been destroyed". Saint Mary's Square (San Francisco) Saint Mary's Square is a park and urban square in San Francisco's Chinatown, in the U.S. state of California. It features a statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen by Beniamino Bufano. The “Women’s Column of Strength” is a privately funded statue that was placed in 2017 after being approved by the Board of Supervisors. The memorial is controversial as the sculpture honors the comfort women who were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army