The Lion Monument, Lucerne, Switzerland

            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. When the revolutionary masses attacked the royal Tuileries castle in Paris on August 10, 1792, the Swiss mercenary troops tried to defend the royal family and make sure the royals could escape. The Latin inscription HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI means "To the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss". 
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Taken in: Schweiz / Kanton Luzern / Luzern (show map)

Taken on: September 18, 2009

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