We just learned about the Muiredach's High Cross.
Another famous sculpture is the Brunswick Lion, made in the year 1166 in Brunswick Germany.
The statue was made for the Duke Henry the Lion who lived at Dankwarderode castle.
It weighs almost 2,000 lbs, is almost 6 feet tall and is over 9 feet long.
The statue is a hollow bronze sculpture, and was the first large hollow casting like that in a very long time.
There is an old folk tale about the Duke Henry the Lion, saying that he went on a trip and saw a lion battling a dragon.
He helped the lion and together they killed the dragon.
So the lion became his friend, and came home with him.
(from: wikipedia - brunswick lion)
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