Qasr el-Nil Lions

Qasr el-Nil Lions

Also known as Lions of Qasr al-Nil

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Photo: Ibrahim.ID · CC BY 4.0

Year

1873

Artist

Alfred Jacquemart Alfred Jacquemart

Type

public art

Four monumental bronze lions, cast by the French animalier sculptor Alfred Jacquemart, guard the eastern approach to the Qasr el-Nil Bridge. Jacquemart, best known for his animal sculptures at the Trocadero and the Fontaine Saint-Michel in …

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