Cherie's Place » Lowendenkmal http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 05 May 2026 22:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Lion Monument http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/28/the-lion-monument/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/08/28/the-lion-monument/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:27:02 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11322 The Lion Monument

The Lion Monument is one of the Lucerne tourist attractions. The sculpture of a dying lion pierced by a spear is a monument to the Swiss Guards of Louis XVI of France:

On 10 August 1792, the guards defended the Palais des Tuileries, in Paris. When it was stormed by revolutionaries. Those who survived the attack were arrested and guillotined on the night of 2-3 September.

The Lowendenkmal, or Lion Monument was carved out of the sandstone cliff face by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen, and it was inveiled in 1821.*

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*From The Eyewitness Travel Guide to Switzerland.

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