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"From the common cat (felis catus), the Venetians, their horizons enlarged by their imperial and commercial adventures, turned to the lion (leo leo), and were eventually besotted by him. Leo leo turned their heads! They built him onto their corbels, they slipped him into their allegories, they stuck him on gateposts, they made him the corner-stones of bridges. Citizens kept live lions in their gardens, and for a time a State Lion lived in a golden cage in the Piazza; he died, it is said, because licking the bars gave him gilt poisoning, and thereafter captive lions were forbidden for several centuries."
- A Venetian Bestiary, Jan Morris
( Venice loves lions. Cats, in general. ♥
She loves them so much, there was one time when the city was overrun with them!I could imagine her being that old lady who lives with all her cats— xD
But many of them were sent to a cat sanctuary in Lido since they crowded the place too much. u w u ;; )
- A Venetian Bestiary, Jan Morris
( Venice loves lions. Cats, in general. ♥
She loves them so much, there was one time when the city was overrun with them!
But many of them were sent to a cat sanctuary in Lido since they crowded the place too much. u w u ;; )
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(( Aaahhh so adorable~! ;7;; Aww yeah, i still remember when it mentioned that middle age Italian used to pet some lion cubs around >u< Venice is pretty cool to have them as symbol though ;u; ))