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Lucerne Sights

Löwendenkmal

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Weird and wondrous Victorian attractions lure nostalgia buffs north of the Old Town. By far the most touching is the Löwendenkmal. Lukas Ahorn carved this 10m-long sculpture of a dying lion into the rock face in 1820 to commemorate Swiss soldiers who died defending King Louis XVI during the French Revolution. Mark Twain once called it the ‘saddest and most moving piece of rock in the world’. For Narnia fans, it often evokes Aslan at the stone table.

 

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