THU COLUMN OF THE WINGED LION IN THE PIAZZLTTA : VENICE 



r ^his striking column, with its splendid capital, proclaims tO' the present-day world the 

 tact that Venice once captured Tyre. With its companion column it was brought to the Piaz- 

 zetta, where they laid for half a century before an engineer appeared who was capable of 

 raismg them into position (see page 582). 



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