Co-cathedral of Ruvo di Puglia, Ruvo di Puglia, Bari, Apulia, Italy

The Doge's Palace, detail of facade over the portal gate, Porta della Carta, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of the column of the winged lion of St. Mark, and San Giorgio Maggiore from Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Statue of winged lion over the portal gate, Doge's Palace, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

St. Mark and the Angels, Basilica San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

San Marco column and San Marco campanile (St. Mark's bell tower), Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Statue of winged Venetian lion in front of statues of Venus and Mercury on the top of the Palazzo Maffei, Verona, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carved winged lion of St. Mark above gate of the citadel, Famagusta, north of the island, Cyprus, Europe

Detail of St. Mark's Basilica, Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square), Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Columns with Marcus Lion, St. Mark's Square Restaurant, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Saint Mark's Lion, Venetian Lion in a Painting, Interior, Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Doge's Palace at morning mood, St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Doge's Palace, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and lion of Saint Mark, Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and lion of Saint Mark, Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Lion of Saint Mark and Campanile belfry of the Basilica San Marco, Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Winged lion in Hvar building, Croatia