# Lion of Bavaria

Nafplio, Greece

A vast lion carved into living rock in 1840–1841 by Christian Heinrich Siegel following a donation from King Ludwig I of Bavaria. It mourns the Bavarian soldiers who died of typhoid in Nafplio during 1833 and 1834.

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Coordinates: 37.566317, 22.811447

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