Lion Monument - Luzern, Switzerland
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N 47° 03.486 E 008° 18.641
32T E 447651 N 5211851
«The dying Lion of Lucerne» is one of the world's most famous monuments.
Waymark Code: WMD5KT
Location: Luzern, Switzerland
Date Posted: 11/22/2011
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From Wikipedia:
The Lion Monument (German: Löwendenkmal), or the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen.
It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris, France.
The American writer Mark Twain (1835–1910) praised the sculpture of a mortally-wounded lion as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."
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