Street art · Madrid
Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada, CC BY-SA 2.0
Velarde
By Ponciano Ponzano
Guarding Congress with a paw on a cannon-ball sphere — these bronze lions have watched over Spanish democracy since 1872. Neoclassical muscle, melted down from captured cannons. Pure civic power flex!
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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