Photo Tour – Lucerne
Point 10 of 12
Löwendenkmal
LocalGuide aus Luzern, Silvan
Where to photograph
On the right side there is a small toilet cottage. Between this cottage and the small lake, there is a nice viewpoint. From there, you have a slightly different perspective on the lion.
Tourism
Today this lion gets visitors, from about 1.4 million tourists per year.
Why a lion monument?
A regiment of 1200 Swiss guardsmen served as the royal guard for Louis XVI. During the French Revolution, some 760 guardsmen were killed defending the empty palace, and all 200 guardsmen accompanying the king were murdered.
In honor of these deceased Swiss soldiers, they built the Lion Monument with the injured, resting lion.
The artists
It was drawn by a well-known Danish sculptor of that time. A sculptor from Solothurn chiseled this monument into the rock until he fell from the scaffolding and was seriously injured. The work was then completed by the sculptor Lukas Ahorn from Constance, Germany. The monument was finished on August 10, 1821.
Where is point 11?
> Leave the park through the same gate as you came in.
> Return on Löwenstrasse to Löwenplatz.
> Cross Zürichstrasse at the red light. Follow this street in the direction of the lake until you reach Confisserie Bachmann.
> On the pedestrian zone (Hertensteinstrasse) straight ahead.
> At the square called Grendel, keep going straight until you reach the Manor.
Next:
The following stations are discovered
Seebrücke / Bahnhofplatz > Nationalquai > Casino > Seebadi > Carl Spitteler Quai > Adligenswilerstrasse > Schlössli Utenberg > Konsipark > Felsbergpark > Löwendenkmal > Manor > Rathaussteg > Seebrücke