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Summary

Lion Monument Lucerne  wikidata:Q688214 reasonator:Q688214
Artist
Lukas Ahorn  (1790–1856) wikidata:Q26250751
 
Description German-Swiss sculptor
Date of birth/death 25 October 1790 Edit this at Wikidata 1856 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Constance Constance
Authority file
Bertel Thorvaldsen  (1770–1844)  wikidata:Q47812 s:it:Autore:Bertel Thorvaldsen q:it:Bertel Thorvaldsen
 
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Alternative names
Thorwaldsen
Description Danish sculptor
Date of birth/death 19 November 1770 Edit this at Wikidata 24 March 1844 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Copenhagen Copenhagen
Work location
Rome Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q47812
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Author
The original uploader was Coolcaesar at English Wikipedia.
Title
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"
Part of list of cultural properties in Lucerne Edit this at Wikidata
Object type sculpture / memorial Edit this at Wikidata
Genre public art Edit this at Wikidata
Description

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
Date 15 August 2005 (original upload date)
Medium sandstone Edit this at Wikidata
Object location
47° 03′ 30″ N, 8° 18′ 40″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
References Vanderkrogt.net Statues ID: chlu001 Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.

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  • 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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