Most of the buildings had some type of artwork on them.
Many had paintings...others
had statues. The intricate architecture of the houses and
shops in this town was
simply breathtaking.
That would be me new friend from Switzerland...
The Lion of Lucerne - A Memorial to Fallen
Soldiers
The Lion Monument in Lucerne is a
giant dying lion carved out of a wall of sandstone rock
above a pond at the east end of the medieval town. It was
designed as a memorial for the mercenary soldiers from central
Switzerland who lost their lives while serving the French king
Louis XVI during the French Revolution.
When the revolutionary masses attacked the
royal Tuileries castle in Paris on August 10, 1792 the
Swiss mercenary troops tried to defend the royal family and make
sure the royals could escape.
