Image: Lionmonumentlucerne

Description: The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) in en:Lucerne, en:Switzerland. This monument, carved by Danish sculptor en:Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1819, commemorates the sacrifice of more than six hundred en:Swiss Guards ("Gardes suisse") who died defending the en:Tuileries Palace in Paris at the time of the overthrow of the French Monarchy on en:10 August en:1792 during the en:French Revolution. The Swiss Guards were the most senior of the thirteen regiments of Swiss mercenaries in the Royal Army and had served with distinction since the seventeenth century. The monument portrays a dying lion lying across broken symbols of the French monarchy. Photographed by user Coolcaesar on en:August 11, en:2005. en:Category:Images of Switzerland
Title: Lion Monumentlabel QS:Lit,"Leone di Lucerna" label QS:Lfr,"Lion de Lucerne" label QS:Let,"Surev lõvi" label QS:Lzh-hk,"垂死獅子像" label QS:Lde,"Löwendenkmal Luzern" label QS:Lpt,"Löwendenkmal" label QS:Lel,"Μνημείο του Λέοντος" label QS:Lhy,"Լյուցեռնի առյուծ" label QS:Lzh,"垂死狮子像" label QS:Lda,"Löwendenkmal" label QS:Ltr,"Luzern Aslanı Anıtı" label QS:Lja,"嘆きのライオン" label QS:Les,"Monumento al león de Lucerna" label QS:Luk,"Лев, що помирає" label QS:Lth,"อนุสาวรีย์สิงโต" label QS:Lpl,"Pomnik szwajcarskich gwardzistów" label QS:Lnb,"«Løven i Luzern»" label QS:Lnl,"Lion Monument" label QS:Lzh-hant,"垂死獅子像" label QS:Llt,"Liucernos liūtas" label QS:Lhe,"אנדרטת האריה" label QS:Lko,"빈사의 사자상" label QS:Len,"Lion Monument" label QS:Lar,"نصب الأسد التذكاري" label QS:Lzh-hans,"垂死狮子像" label QS:Lru,"Умирающий лев"
Credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author: Lukas Ahorn
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