ESP Escultura de león durmiente realizada en el s. XX en mármol de Carrara para la finca de Juan García Naveira en Betanzos. A la muerte de este, la familia las donó al santuario de Covadonga (Asturias, España), donde se colocaron flanqueando el acceso. Se trata de sendas copias de los leones del monumento funerario de Juan XXIII en San Pedro del Vaticano.

ENG A sculpture of a sleeping lion, created in the 20th century from Carrara marble for the estate of Juan García Naveira in Betanzos. Upon his death, the family donated them to the Sanctuary of Covadonga (Asturias, Spain), where they were placed either side of the entrance. They are replicas of the lions from the funerary monument to John XXIII in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.