点评:I was born in Luzern and I've seen this monument countless times. Mostly now I go visit with my students whenever we have the French Revolution as a subject in school.
This time again I came here with my students, just before visiting the Gletschergarten next to.
The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) is a world-famous rock relief carved directly into a former sandstone quarry. Designed by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn by Lukas Ahorn in 1821, it depicts a dying lion impaled by a spear, sheltering a shield with the French fleur-de-lis. The monument serves as a poignant memorial to the hundreds of Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 while defending the Tuileries Palace in Paris during the French Revolution. American author Mark Twain famously praised it as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."
As a piece of art it's already an impressive sight and worth a visit. But knowing the backstory of it makes it even more interesting and impressive.
Very sad that sometimes some vandalism is going on here. Once it was bombed with paint-filled water balloons. The rock here is very sensitive and cleaning it could have damaged the lion. Luckily the restoration went fine.
The pond in front gets cleaned regularly and the coins (for luck) are being collected and used to restore and preserve this wonderful monument.
翻译:我出生在卢塞恩,无数次见过这座纪念碑。现在,每当学校里讲到法国大革命时,我都会带学生们来这里参观。
这次我又带着学生们来到这里,之后才去参观旁边的冰川花园。
狮子纪念碑(Löwendenkmal)是一座举世闻名的岩石浮雕,直接雕刻在废弃的砂岩采石场上。它由丹麦雕塑家贝尔特·托瓦尔森设计,卢卡斯·阿霍恩于1821年雕刻完成。纪念碑描绘了一头垂死的狮子,它被长矛刺穿,守护着一面饰有法国鸢尾花的盾牌。这座纪念碑是为了纪念1792年法国大革命期间在巴黎杜伊勒里宫保卫战中惨遭屠杀的数百名瑞士卫兵而建。美国作家马克·吐温曾盛赞它是“世界上最令人悲伤、最感人的石头”。
作为一件艺术品,它本身就令人印象深刻,值得一游。但了解它背后的故事,更会让人觉得它引人入胜,叹为观止。
令人遗憾的是,这里有时会遭到人为破坏。它曾被装满油漆的水球袭击过。这里的岩石非常脆弱,清洗可能会损坏狮子雕像。幸运的是,修复工作进行得很顺利。
雕像前的池塘定期清理,人们投掷的硬币(寓意好运)会被收集起来,用于修复和保护这座精美的纪念碑。