The carved dying lion in its niche in the rock face, with the Latin inscription above and the pond in front.

Free entry

Lion Monument

The Lion Monument is a rock relief of a dying lion, carved in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn into a cliff face after a design by Bertel Thorvaldsen. It commemorates the Swiss Guards killed in 1792 when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris; a Latin inscription runs above the lion and a small pond lies below the cliff.

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Free entry

Free entry — no ticket needed

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