Lion Monument - Lucerne

This sculpture is 33 feet long and 20 feet tall. It is carved right into this cliff! In the lion's side is the broken-off end of a spear, which is slowly killing him. This figure represents the Swiss mercenaries who were killed or executed defending the French king in the French Revolution. Thanks to my favorite tour guide, Ric Steves, who writes the "inscription above the lion reads To the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss".

It is a very powerful sculpture...if you are ever in Lucerne, you will have to stop by and see it yourself!