Griffins

Connected Sites: 10

The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle with its talons on the front legs. (Wikipedia) This connection groups WHS that show depictions of griffins.

Connected Sites

  • Champagne
    Champagne
    France
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.16
    221
    9
    The façade of the Hôtel Gallice is marked by a canopy and a balcony of gorged iron supported by two griffins surrounding the initials of the owner.
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.80
    499
    14
    The Pisa Griffin
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Villa Romana del Casale
    Villa Romana del Casale
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.77
    161
    12
    In the mosaic of the Corridor of the Great Hunt, a depiction of a griffin "on top of a box with a human bait inside" can be found
    See sights.seindal.dk
  • Sanchi
    Sanchi
    India
    Inscribed: 1989
    3.53
    56
    5
    At stupa No. 2
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg
    Russia
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    268
    9
    Two on the Bank Bridge
    See www.prlib.ru
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Venice and its Lagoon
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.52
    611
    19
    Several at St. Mark's Basilica (facade sculpture and mosaic on the floor)
    See victorianweb.org
  • Persepolis
    Persepolis
    Iran
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.37
    103
    3
    Double-headed griffin
    See aksonline.ir
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    Roman Basilica of Notre Dame Du Port in Clermont-Ferrand (sculpture); and: Griffins on the lower arch of the southern portal of the Church Saint-Pierre in Aulnay - Sculptural art on a capital in the presbytery of the Grande-Sauve Abbey shows two griffins drinking from the "Vase of Life".
    See commons.wikimedia.org
  • Longobards in Italy
    Longobards in Italy
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.81
    227
    14
    "The small arches' decorations [of the tegurium in the Basilica of Santa Maria] are framed by bands of intricate motifs and vegetal volutes, and include peacocks, lions, lambs, fishes, griffons, and deer, sculpted with a fresh, realistic style. (Nomination file, p. 109)
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.76
    250
    8
    The three portals of the Cathedral of Assisi are flanked by lions and griffins. (Nomination file, p. 19)
    See commons.wikimedia.org