Bridge of Lions Statue
by D Hackett
Title
Bridge of Lions Statue
Artist
D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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Bridge Of Lions Statue by D Hackett
Lion Statues
Two Carrara marble Medici lions statues are on the western approach of the Bridge of Lions were a gift in 1926 to the city from Dr. Andrew Anderson, a native of St. Augustine who became a close friend of Henry Flagler and served as the city�s mayor in 1886. Anderson is responsible for a number of public monuments in the city including the statue of Ponce de Leon which stands in Ponce Circle and the flag pole and World War I monument in Anderson Circle.
Andrew Anderson commissioned Italian sculptor F. Romanelli to create the lions in 1927. Anderson then donated them to the city. Romanelli sculpted the lions based on a pair of centuries-old statues that stood outside Florence's Uffizi Gallery.
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January 13th, 2015
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