Ancient lion-shape knocker at the gate of St Wenceslas' Chapel of St Vitus' Cathedral in the Prague Castle, Czech Republic.

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Ancient lion-shape knocker at the gate of St Wenceslas' Chapel of St Vitus' Cathedral in the Prague Castle, Czech Republic. According to the legend St Wenceslas was holding this knocker at the moment of the assassination of him in Stara Boleslav. In fact the knocker was crafted two centuries late in 12th century.

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Photo credit: © Vladimir Pomortzeff / Alamy / Afripics
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