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Griffin, with the head of an eagle and body of a lion, tempera painting on paper, c. 1470, originally decorating the wooden ceiling of a 15th century house in the town, demolished 1970, in the Museo Storico Archeologico, or Museo Castelgrande, in Castelgrande, a large defensive medieval castle in the Old Town of Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. A fortification has been in place here since the 1st century BC, although the current buildings date from the 12th and 15th centuries. The castle is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Unique Identifier
AR9641550
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5227px × 2349px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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12TH CENTURY
1470
15TH CENTURY
ART
Bellinzona
Castle
Ceiling
CENTRAL EUROPE
Collection
COLOR IMAGE
colour image
CREATURE
Defense
DEFENSIVE
detail
DISPLAY
Eagle
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
Exhibition
FINE ARTS
FORT
Fortress
Griffin
GRIFFON
GRYPHON
HERITAGE
History
HORIZONTAL
Lion
Medieval
MUSEUM
MYTHOLOGICAL
MYTHOLOGY
old castle
OLD TOWN
Painting, Medium
Saint Michael's Castle
Swiss
Tempera
TICINO
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Travel
UNESCO
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE