Head and shoulders of a lion sculpted in red marble. One of two sculpted lions at the west portal to the Romanesque Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta at Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. The lion is crazed with cracks, discoloured by time and scarred by bombing in World War II.
Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: marble lion at entrance. The cathedral, known to German-speaking Roman Catholics as Dompfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, stands on the site of an early Christian basilica. It was enlarged in Romanesque style and re-dedicated in 1180 before gaining a Gothic appearance between 1380 and 1420. The ornate 65m-high open fretwork spire, added in 1517, features gargoyles judged masterpieces of High or Flamboyant Gothic sculpture and architecture. Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: marble lion at entrance. The cathedral, known to German-speaking Roman Catholics as Dompfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt, stands on the site of an early Christian basilica. It was enlarged in Romanesque style and re-dedicated in 1180 before gaining a Gothic appearance between 1380 and 1420. The ornate 65m-high open fretwork spire, added in 1517, features gargoyles judged masterpieces of High or Flamboyant Gothic sculpture and architecture.
Size: 2000px × 3008px
Location: Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, Bolzano, Bozen, South Tyrol,
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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