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One of the bronze lions that flank the entrance of the Palacio de las Cortes (Building where the Spanish Congress of Deputies meet). The statue was created by Ponciano Ponzano in 1865.
Entrance of the old Cuban office building with statue of the Lion on the steps
Fengrun District, China - December 22, 2020: Traditional Chinese stone carvings are in a park, Hebei Province, China
Beijing, Forbidden City, China - East Asia, Asia, Built Structure
The National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. at sunset, seen from Constitution Avenue NW on a winter evening.
Beijing Forbidden City Palace and Bronze Lions
Carved picture of a silver plate, a picture of a monkey, the symbol of the year of the Monkey
The Forbidden City in Beijing, China
close-up gold color male and female marble carving wall, Decorative Chinese art style at Chinese public temple
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China- October 16, 2022: Other than Beijing, Nanjing and Xi'an, there many small but with long history cities or towns. Zhengding, a county under Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, is a remarkable ancient city with over 3000 years long history. Here is a pavillion in Zhaoyun Temple.
Traditional chineses rooftop. Nagasaki prefecture
Chinese stone lion
Chicago, USA - April 7, 2018: Bronze lion statue standing guard at the Art Institute of Chicago. There are two lion statues at the museum's Michigan Avenue entrance. They are famous Chicago landmarks and date to 1894.
The Summer Palace in Beijing
The Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, and with a total area of 720,000 square metres (7,800,000 sq ft), it is the largest palace in the world still in existence. In Summer.o
Chinese copper dragon
Gugun, Forbidden city, China
Ancient China Cloisonne Enamel Jar Chinese Dragon Head Handle Close-up
The scenery and architecture of the Summer Palace in Beijing. This is one of the most famous royal gardens in China and retains a large number of Qing Dynasty buildings. It is also one of the most famous parks in China now.
he Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987.\nThe complex consists of 980 buildings, encompassing 8,886 rooms and covering 720,000 square metres (72 hectares)/178 acres. The palace exemplifies the opulence of the residences of the Chinese emperor and the traditional Chinese palatial architecture and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere.
The eaves of the imperial building of the Palace Museum in Beijing, China
Elista, Russia. - May 08, 2023: Republic of Kalmykia. The Buddhist temple is the Golden abode of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Singapore Lion at Fort Canning
Beijing, China - April 23, 2010: Male Temple lion or Fu dog, of the Ming Dynasty, in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. Temple lions or Fu dogs are believed to protect the building they sit in front of, and the people in it. Lions are created in pairs, a male and a female. Under the male's right paw lies a ball, and under the females left paw lies a cub. The male lion is believed to protect the stucture while the female protects the people in it.
Palace Museum, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
London, UK - Circa October 2022: Statue of Dragon marking the boundary of the City of London by JB Bunning circa 1849
Photos of Forbidden city in Beijing after snow storm at winter 2021-2022.
Silver plate carvings depicting dogs symbolizing the Year of the Dog
ancient palace in the East Emperial Tomb of Qing Dynasty, Hebei Province, China
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