Lugou Bridge
Yongding River, Fengtai District, Beijing, China
Description:
The Lugou Stone Bridge, located on the Youngding River, is 266.5 meters long and 9.3 meters wide. It was built in 1192. At the end of the seventeenth century, the bridge was reconstructed.
In the Western world, it is known as the Marco Polo Bridge. In the thirteenth century, a famous traveler visited China and praised the bridge.
The bridge is supported by 10 supports, between which 11 arches are formed. Hundreds of unique stone lions, created in different eras, are placed on marble columns on both sides of the bridge. And all the lions are captured in different poses. There are now 281 sculptures. There were originally 627 lions.