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The Lion of St. Mark stands on a column in the Piazzetta by St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. - Probst\ullstein bild/Getty Images To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study appears to have traced the origins of Venice’s famed Lion of St. Mark to the Lower Yangtze River area of China. The statue bears a ...

To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, waterways, bell towers, red roofs — and a mighty winged lion, the symbol of the Venetian republic, carved into structures across the ...