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Lion Monument

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North of the Lion Square is the famous Lion Monument, a huge figure of a dying lion carved into the rock face. The monument was designed by Thorwaldsen in 1820 and commemorates the deaths of more than 730 soldiers and officers of the Swiss Guard. Mercenaries who were killed protecting King Louis XVI during the attack on the Tuileries in the French Revolution of 1792. The poignant memorial is one of the most famous sights in Lucerne. The Bourbaki Panorama Lucerne – a European cultural monument – commemorates the internment of 87,000 French soldiers who found refuge in Switzerland in the winter of 1871. A gripping story told by the painter Edouard Castres in 1881 on the 112 × 10 meter circular painting. 

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Today, the medium of the panorama is not only regarded as a precursor of cinemas, but also as an inspiration for 360-degree filmmaking and virtual reality. The listed building combines the famous panorama with a multicultural mix of offerings under one roof. Lion Monument (https://bit.ly/3ddJWrt) Bourbaki (https://www.bourbakipanorama.ch/)What does Bourbaki mean;

The Bourbaki Army, unofficial name for the Armée de l’Est, was named after General Charles Denis Bourbaki, the first commander of the French army in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71.

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