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Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) -- Mark Twain's "Most Mournful Piece of Stone in the World"

The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) is a rock relief carved into a sandstone cliff face in Lucerne, depicting a dying lion that commemorates the Swiss Guards massacred during the French Revolution in 1792 -- widely regarded as one of the most moving memorials in Europe.

Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) -- Mark Twain's "Most Mournful Piece of Stone in the World"

The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) is a rock relief carved into a sandstone cliff face in Lucerne, depicting a dying lion that commemorates the Swiss Guards massacred during the French Revolution in 1792 -- widely regarded as one of the most moving memorials in Europe.

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