20.8.09

Lions...

Random lion statues/reliefs in Zagreb... because we have so many lions running around the city... :-D





Posted by Mirela at 2:33 PM

7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    Did your area actually have lions at one time in the distant past? I thought maybe that is what there is so much lion sculpture. They make handsome photographs.

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  2. MirelaAugust 20, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    @Abraham - I doubt it. To put Zagreb in perspective - I have 1.5hrs drive to Italy, 1.5hrs drive to Austria (3.5hrs drive to Vienna), 4.5hrs drive to Germany... I don't remember reading in any history books that lions were roaming around Europe (maybe in some pre-human era?). I guess they signify power, so many people throughout Zagreb's 1000yrs history thought it was a good idea to place them around Zagreb.

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  3. crocrodylAugust 20, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    Interesting captures!

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  4. LowellAugust 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    Zagreb has "lionized" lions. We have lion statues here, too. In St. Augustine, Florida, for example, our oldest city, two lions guard the entrance to the bridge over the Intercoastal Canal.

    I think you're right that they signify power. And they are majestically ferocious!

    Nice shots!

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  5. JacaAugust 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    there is a house I drive by every day that has two lion statues on its front porch - they look very funny compared to the size of the house, and they're not nice and old like the ones in your photos.

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  6. UnknownAugust 20, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    We have lions around here too! :-) Yours are lovely!

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  7. MirelaAugust 20, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    Apparently you can find lion statues everywhere where there are no real lions (other than in ZOOs)! :-D

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