Photographer's Note
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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Copyright: Alex O'Connor (Ardnajela)
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(12) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-11-22
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ7
- Exposure: f/3.3, 1/30 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2009-08-15 0:44
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