Stock Photo: Ponzano`s Lion - Spanish Congress Building
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Lions have always been a symbol for many cultures. In Spain, the lions of the Spanish Parliament, more than a symbol they became a headache.nWhere the Congress of Deputies and the lions of the Spanish Parliament are now seen, at the time there was a convent named Espiritu Santo Holy Spirit. It was so damaged that finally they decided to use that area to build the Spanish parliament, inaugurated in 1850.nnwith the help of Ponzano to create two lions cast in bronze from a set of cannons seized in the war against Morocco in the battle of Wad – Rass 1859 – 1860
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