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Winged Lion Memorial

sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic
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Summary

Winged Lion Memorial is a monument[1]. It draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (monument category, ranking #110 of 809).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Klárov[3]
  • Country: Czech Republic[4]
  • Instance of: memorial[5]
  • Maintained by: Prague 1[6]
  • Genre: public art[7]
  • Depicts: lion[8]
  • Made from material: bronze[9], concrete[10], granite[11]
  • Location: Klárov[12]
  • Commons category: The Winged Lion (Prague)[13]
  • Commemorates: Czechoslovak Squadron in the RAF[14]
  • Inception: 2014[15]
  • Date of official opening: June 17, 2014[16]
  • Native label: Památník Okřídlený lev[17]
  • Author name string: Colin Spofforth[18]
  • Associated cadastral district: Malá Strana[19]

Why It Matters

Winged Lion Memorial is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Czech Republic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Art for the City catalogue. Retrieved . opendata.praha.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Art for the City catalogue. Retrieved . opendata.praha.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Art for the City catalogue. Retrieved . opendata.praha.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Art for the City catalogue. Retrieved . opendata.praha.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Drobné památky.cz. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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