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Lions Head

Baguio, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines
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About Lions Head

The Lions Head is a statue along Kennon Road, a primary highway in Luzon, Philippines that ends in the town of Baguio. Located in Camp 6, the Lion's Head measures 45 ft in top. It was conceptualized by using the Lions Club contributors of Baguio, during the term of Luis Lardizabal as mayor of Baguio from 1969 to 1970 and because the club's president to emerge as the membership's symbol or imprint inside the vicinity. Prior to the artistic sculpting, the limestone was prepared by using a set of engineers and miners, then the "real inventive carving of the façade" became rendered via Anselmo Bayang Day-ag, an Ifugao and Isinay artist and woodcarver from the Cordillera Administrative Region.

The production undertaking began in 1968 however was interrupted. The project become persisted in 1971 by another Lions Club president, Robert Webber and was unveiled in 1972. It has undergone numerous coloration modifications before restoring it to acquiring its conventional gold and black coloration. It turned into at a few factors in time painted white and brown, or yellow. It had additionally gone through restoration after being broken by vandalism and through the earthquake in Northern Luzon in 1990.

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