File:Victoria Square - Sphinx-like Guardian - near the former General Post Office.JPG

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English: One of the two protectors of Victoria Square.

The two sphinx-like Guardians (Mistry suggests a 1st Century Indian source). To each side at the top, an Object/Variation, a tapering pillar suggesting lighthouses or pyramids.

From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster

This one near Victoria Square House.
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Author Elliott Brown (ell brown on Flickr)
Camera location52° 28′ 46.1″ N, 1° 54′ 08.74″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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