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| On our tour we visited the "Lowendenkmal", the Lion monument. The first photo is in front to the left of the sculpture. |
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More than 700 Swiss officers and soldiers died while defending the Tuileries
Palace in Paris, where King Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and their children
were taken, after trying to escape the French Revolution in 1792.
In the early 1800s, the Danish artist Bertel Thorvaldsen was hired to sculpt a monument to the fallen Swiss Guards. His finest sculpture in a sandstone cliff, "Das Lowendenkmal". |
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| Kapellbrucke, "Chapel Bridge" was built in 1333. It was nearly destroyed by careless workmen in a fire in 1993, but they did an excellent restoration/reproduction. The bordered background you see is Lisa at the entrance. The following photos were taken from the bridge and surrounding area. |
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