{"id":137756,"date":"2025-10-04T08:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=137756"},"modified":"2025-10-04T08:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:01:26","slug":"was-venices-winged-lion-made-in-china-and-delivered-by-marco-polos-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=137756","title":{"rendered":"Was Venice\u2019s winged lion made in China and delivered by Marco Polo\u2019s family?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostOne of Venice\u2019s most iconic symbols \u2013 the majestic winged Lion of St Mark \u2013 has its origins not in Europe but in ancient China, according to a new study by Italian researchers.<br \/>\nHowever, some scholars in China are disputing the researchers\u2019 theory that the celebrated bronze figure in Venice\u2019s St Mark\u2019s Square may have begun its life more than 1,000 years ago as a Tang dynasty tomb guardian, before being transported across continents and transformed into a symbol of Venetian power.<br \/>\nAnalysis by the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3327832\/was-venices-winged-lion-made-china-and-delivered-marco-polos-family?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostOne of Venice\u2019s most iconic symbols \u2013 the majestic winged Lion of St Mark \u2013 has its origins not in Europe but in ancient&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137756"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}