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| Marzocco lions by Donatello, Loggia della Signoria, Florence |
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The Marzocco, or Lion, was Florence's traditional heraldic symbol. Captured prisoners
were traditionally obliged to kiss its posterior. The statue was originally carved for a
papal apartment in the church of Santa Maria Novella and moved to the piazza in 1812. |