Löwendenkmal ~ El monumento del león que está llorando ~ The Crying Lion Memorial, Luzern ~ Lucerne, Switzerland

Mark Twain described this monument as the saddest in the world. This massive statue was erected to commemorate the massacre of the Swiss Guard while defending the Tuileries in Paris in 1792 during the French Revolution. The weeping lion has a lance firmly implanted into his mid-section and his paw is resting upon the seal of France. This masterpiece is the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen and was completed between 1819 and 1821.