Close up of the Lion Monument, Lucerne, Switzerland

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Bertel Thorvaldsen's famous carving of a dying lion (the Lion Monument, or Löwendenkmal) is found in a small park just off Lowenplatz. The carving commemorates the hundreds of Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when the mob stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.

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Size: 3333px × 5000px
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Massimo Pizzotti / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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