Maestranze sec. XIV a.C., Porta dei Leoni
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
OBJECT
Porta dei Leoni
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. XIV a.C.
1300 a.C. - 1201 a.C.
LOCATIONS
Micene (Grecia)
RELATED ENTRIES
NOTES
Foto sup 2637, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Mykenai. The gate of Lions. The big stones of conglomerate, the lions of blue limestone. / The entrance is 10'8" high by 9'6" at top and 10'3" below. The lintle is 15ft. long, 8'wide and / 4 ft. high at its centre. The relief of the lions is 12 ft. at base, 10 ft. in height and 2 ft. deep. / The heads of the lions now wanting were very small and turned to the [...]. They were / fastened to the stone [...]. / The French officers of the expedition in the Morea were deceived by the heraldic aspect / of the lions and called the gate a monument of medieval art".
