Brunswick Lion

E207865

bronze statue city symbol equestrian lion sculpture monumental sculpture

The Brunswick Lion is a monumental bronze statue in Braunschweig, Germany, regarded as one of the oldest large-scale free-standing sculptures of the Middle Ages and a symbol of the city’s power.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Brunswick Lion canonical	4
Brunswick lion	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bronze statue ⓘ city symbol ⓘ equestrian lion sculpture ⓘ monumental sculpture ⓘ
adjacentTo	Brunswick Cathedral ⓘ Burgplatz ⓘ surface form: Burgplatz ensemble Dankwarderode Castle ⓘ
artisticStyle	Romanesque ⓘ
castingTechnique	lost-wax casting ⓘ
commissionedBy	Henry the Lion ⓘ
completionDate	circa 1166 ⓘ
conservationStatus	preserved ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
creator	Henry the Lion ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Henry the Lion ⓘ
depicts	lion ⓘ
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ
function	political symbol ⓘ public monument ⓘ
genre	Romanesque sculpture ⓘ
hasOriginal	Brunswick Lion original in Dankwarderode Castle ⓘ
hasReplica	Brunswick Lion sandstone replica in Burgplatz ⓘ
height	approximately 1.78 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	landmark of Braunschweig ⓘ symbol of Braunschweig ⓘ
imageUsedIn	coat of arms of Braunschweig ⓘ seals of the city of Braunschweig ⓘ
inception	circa 1166 ⓘ
length	approximately 2.79 metres ⓘ
locatedIn	Braunschweig ⓘ Germany ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ
locatedInFrontOf	Brunswick Cathedral ⓘ Dankwarderode Castle ⓘ
locatedOn	Burgplatz ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
notableFor	being a rare surviving medieval monumental bronze ⓘ its role as a model for later heraldic lion sculptures ⓘ
owner	Braunschweig ⓘ surface form: City of Braunschweig
publicAccess	exterior viewing on Burgplatz ⓘ
region	Northern Germany ⓘ
significance	first monumental free-standing bronze sculpture north of the Alps since antiquity ⓘ one of the oldest large-scale free-standing sculptures of the Middle Ages ⓘ
symbolizes	ducal authority ⓘ judicial power ⓘ urban autonomy of Braunschweig ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
weight	approximately 880 kilograms ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brunswick → hasLandmark → Brunswick Lion ⓘ

Brunswick, Germany → hasLandmark → Brunswick Lion ⓘ

Burgplatz → hasLandmark → Brunswick Lion ⓘ

subject surface form: Burgplatz (Braunschweig)

Burgplatz → hasNotableSculpture → Brunswick Lion ⓘ

subject surface form: Burgplatz (Braunschweig)

Arms of the Dukes of Brunswick-Bevern → hasElement → Brunswick Lion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brunswick lion