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Swiss Guards are Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. The earliest Swiss Guard unit to be established on a permanent basis was the Hundred S
Massacre of the Swiss Guards. One of the few who survived the massacre was Victor von Gibelin. He became known for his eyewitness account of the events surrounding the Storming of the Palais des Tuileries on 10 August 1792
Swiss Guards on the grand staircase of the palace during the storming of the Tuileries
The Lion Monument in Lucerne, dedicated to the Swiss Guard who died in Paris. The incised Latin may be translated, "To the loyalty and courage of the Swiss".
Swiss Guards during the July Revolution of 1830
Lion Monument
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The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were killed
Swiss Guards
…National Guard and the few Swiss still on duty there were also killed. The heroic but futile stand of the Swiss is commemorated by Bertel Thorvaldsen's Lion Monument in Lucerne, dedicated in 1821, which shows a dying lion collapsed upon broken symbols of the French monarchy. An inscription on the monument lists the…
Lion Monument
The Lion Monument in 2022
The Lion, a Confederate monument based on the Lion Monument