‘St. Mark’s Lion’, the symbol of Venice from the entrance to the Church of Panagia Eleistria restored to upright position

As part of the work to landscape the Panagia Eleistria copse and church in Koroni, on Christmas Eve the Administrative Board and Commissioners of the Church of Panagia Eleistria took the initiative to raise 'St Mark's Lion', the symbol of Venice dating from the 15^th century from the entrance to the church, and to re-erect it at the same location where it had lain fallen for more than 50 years. The lion originally adorned the northeast side of Koroni Castle. It fell because of erosion of the Castle wall and remained in that position for many years. On the initiative of the late Elias Politis it was moved to the entrance of the copse of the Church of Panagia Eleistria, where the Koroni Museum also used to be located. Nowadays unfortunately all the museum’s exhibits have disappeared and the premises remain vacant.