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Lion Monument, Paris (France)

The Lion Monument or the Lion of Lucerne is a rock relief in Lucerne Switzerland designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 182021 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. It is one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland visited annu

Denkmalstrasse 4 Lucerne LU 6006
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