Fat Lion With a Goatee is a photograph by Sarah Loft which was uploaded on July 30th, 2019.
Fat Lion With a Goatee
This lion is posted above a doorway in the old city of Mainz in Germany. There are stone lions all over the town-- seems to be a theme. ... more
by Sarah Loft
Title
Fat Lion With a Goatee
Artist
Sarah Loft
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Photograph
Description
This lion is posted above a doorway in the old city of Mainz in Germany. There are stone lions all over the town-- seems to be a theme.
Per Wikipedia: Mainz is the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz at the time of the Holy Roman Empire. In antiquity Mainz was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire; it was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and became the provincial capital of Germania Superior. The city is located on the river Rhine at its confluence with the Main opposite Wiesbaden, in the western part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main; in the modern age, Frankfurt shares much of its regional importance.
The city is famous as the home of the invention of the movable-type printing press, as the first books printed using movable type were manufactured in Mainz by Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Until the twentieth century, Mainz was usually referred to in English as Mayence.
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Featured in the Images That Excite You group, July 2019.
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July 30th, 2019
