Lake Geneva (also called Lake Léman) is a lake formed by a glacier located between France (in the south) and Switzerland (in the north) covering a surface of 582 km2. The river Rhone flows through it from east to west. The most important cities on the shores of Lake Geneva are Geneva, Lausanne, Montreux (in [...]
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Lion Monument of Lucerne, Switzerland
March 13th, 2010
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The Lion Monument is a sculpture in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1819. It depicts a mortally-wounded lion and commemorates the mercenaries of the Swiss Guard who died in 1792 during the French Revolution in Paris when they defended the Tuileries Palace against the revolutionaries’ attacks. Le Monument du Lion [...]
