File:Lionmonumentlucerne.jpg
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The original uploader was Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia. |
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Lion Monument Lucerne label QS:Lit,"Leone di Lucerna"
label QS:Lfr,"Lion de Lucerne"
label QS:Let,"Surev lõvi"
label QS:Lth,"อนุสาวรีย์สิงโต"
label QS:Lel,"Μνημείο του Λέοντος"
label QS:Lde,"Löwendenkmal"
label QS:Lpt,"Löwendenkmal"
label QS:Lzh-hk,"垂死獅子像"
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:Lsv,"Löwendenkmal"
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:Lhe,"אנדרטת האריה"
label QS:Llt,"Liucernos liūtas"
label QS:Lko,"빈사의 사자상"
label QS:Len,"Lion Monument Lucerne"
label QS:Lar,"نصب الأسد التذكاري"
label QS:Lzh-hans,"垂死狮子像"
label QS:Lru,"Умирающий лев" |
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Part of | list of cultural properties in Lucerne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | sculpture / memorial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | public art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Date | 15 August 2005 (original upload date) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | sandstone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References | Vanderkrogt.net Statues ID: chlu001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. |
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[edit]- 2005-08-15 00:55 Coolcaesar 450×318×8 (101845 bytes) The Lion Monument (''Lowendenkmal'') in [[Lucerne]], [[Switzerland]]. The Monument commemorates the sacrifice of the hundreds of Swiss Guards who gave their lives in defense of the French king in 1792, during the [[French Revolution]]. Photographed by u
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