Lion of Lucerne and Pool, Switzerland
Collection: Europe
Title
Lion of Lucerne and Pool, Switzerland
Subject
Art, Swiss
Lucerne Lake (Switzerland)
Description
On verso:
No. 227. THE LION OF LUCERNE AND POOL, SWITZERLAND.
Lucerne, on the west end of the “Lake of the Four Forest Cantons”, is a much frequented tourist center because of its picturesque features and scenic beauties. The river Reuss which divides the town is crossed by five bridges, two of which are very old. They are covered and ornamented with curious, mediaeval paintings, including a “death dance.” The Chapel Bridge and many other structures show a very strange architecture. The old city wall with its towers is nearly entirely preserved and forms a unique contrast to many fine modern buildings.
The greatest object of pride to the inhabitants is the “Lion of Lucerne”, a monument in honor of the twenty-six officers and 760 soldiers of the Swiss guards, who on August 10, 1792, were massacred by the Paris mob because they refused to lay down their arms. The monument was cut in 1821 out of the living rock, after a model by Thorwaldsen. It represents a lion mortally wounded by a spear, a symbol of hapless but noble courage. The grotto is 45 feet long and 25 feet high. In the immediate vicinity is the “Glacier Garden” with whirlpool-holes and erratic blocks, discovered in the year 1872.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
227
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Lion of Lucerne and Pool, Switzerland,” Digital Canton, accessed November 21, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/538.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Lion of Lucerne and Pool, Switzerland
Subject
Art, Swiss
Lucerne Lake (Switzerland)
Description
On verso:
No. 227. THE LION OF LUCERNE AND POOL, SWITZERLAND.
Lucerne, on the west end of the “Lake of the Four Forest Cantons”, is a much frequented tourist center because of its picturesque features and scenic beauties. The river Reuss which divides the town is crossed by five bridges, two of which are very old. They are covered and ornamented with curious, mediaeval paintings, including a “death dance.” The Chapel Bridge and many other structures show a very strange architecture. The old city wall with its towers is nearly entirely preserved and forms a unique contrast to many fine modern buildings.
The greatest object of pride to the inhabitants is the “Lion of Lucerne”, a monument in honor of the twenty-six officers and 760 soldiers of the Swiss guards, who on August 10, 1792, were massacred by the Paris mob because they refused to lay down their arms. The monument was cut in 1821 out of the living rock, after a model by Thorwaldsen. It represents a lion mortally wounded by a spear, a symbol of hapless but noble courage. The grotto is 45 feet long and 25 feet high. In the immediate vicinity is the “Glacier Garden” with whirlpool-holes and erratic blocks, discovered in the year 1872.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
227
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Lion of Lucerne and Pool, Switzerland,” Digital Canton, accessed November 21, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/538.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches