The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution , when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris .
Lion Monument, Lucerne. The Lion Monument in Lucerne is a giant dying lion carved out of a wall of sandstone rock above a pond at the east end of the medieval town. It was designed as a memorial for the mercenary soldiers from central Switzerland who lost their lives while serving the French king Louis XVI during the French Revolution.
The Lion of Lucerne (known also as the Lion Monument) is a memorial located in Lucerne, Switzerland. This monument is a rock relief carved into the cliff face of a former sandstone quarry, and features a dying lion.
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Going to Lucerne and missing out the dying Lion Statue will be a mistake. It ranks among one most famous monuments in the world. Carved out of natural rock it’s a moving piece commemorating the massacre of Swiss mercenaries at the Tuileries Palace, France in 1792 during the French Revolution.
Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal), a historic landmark (1821) in Lucerne, Switzerland, was carved in the rock to honor the Swiss Guards of Lois XVI of France, who defended the Palais des Tuileries in Paris and died in the hands of revolutionaries.
In the City of Lucerne, three different sights worth seeing are next-door neighbors: the world-famous Lion's Monument, the Glacier Garden, which has a large mountain relief dating to the 18th century, and the mirror labyrinth "Alhambra" with its 90 mirrors.
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