The Lion and Unicorn
Steeple of St George's, Bloomsbury.
The steeple, and church, was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661 - 1736).
The stepped tower is influenced by Pliny the Elder's description of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and topped with a statue of King George I in Roman dress. Its statues of fighting lions and unicorns symbolise the recent end of the First Jacobite Rising. The Portico is based on that of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon.
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The Lion and Unicorn
Steeple of St George's, Bloomsbury.
The steeple, and church, was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661 - 1736).
The stepped tower is influenced by Pliny the Elder's description of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and topped with a statue of King George I in Roman dress. Its statues of fighting lions and unicorns symbolise the recent end of the First Jacobite Rising. The Portico is based on that of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, Lebanon.
[Wikipedia]