'The Lion of Lucerne was hewn sometime in 1820-1821 to commemorate the Swiss Guards who were massacred during the French Revolution when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris, France'.
The American writer Mark Twain praised the sculpture of a mortally wounded lion as the "most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world" '.
The American writer Mark Twain praised the sculpture of a mortally wounded lion as the "most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world" '.
Of course, I conveniently took this off Wikipedia to tell you what the lion is about.
What would I know about the French Revolution and Mark Twain....besides Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn :)
Thank you HF Ng for the good times!
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| Lion of Lucerne |
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| On Chapel Bridge overlooking the Reuss River |
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| A pier on Lake Lucerne |
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