I spent two weeks travelling around Switzerland, seeing places I hadn't by then seen during my year abroad in Geneva. In this set: Basle; Lucerne; Interlaken, Thunersee, Spiez, Mürren, and the Schilthorn; St Gall; Lake Constance; Liechtenstein; and Einsiedeln.
![Richard Flynn > Löwendenkmal • The lion monument commemorates the death of 700 Swiss mercenaries in Paris during the French revolution.
Here is the text of the monument:
HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI
Die X Augusti II et III Septembris MDCCXCII
Haec sunt nomina eorum qui ne sacramenti fidem fallerent
[Left column]:
Fortissime pugnantes ceciderunt
Duces XXVI
[Names]
Milites circiter DCCLX
[Right column]:
Solerti amicorum cura cladi superfuerent
Duces XVI
[Names]
Milites circiter CCCL
[Bottom]:
Huius rei gestae cives aere collato perrenne monumentum posuere.
Translated:
TO THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE SWISS
On 10th August and 2nd & 3rd September 1792
Here are the names of those who, so as not to break their oath of loyalty:
[Left column]:
…Died while fighting bravely
26 Officers
[Names]
About 760 soldiers.
[Right column]:
…Survived the battle because of the care and attention of their friends:
16 Officers
[Names]
About 350 soldiers
[Bottom]:
The citizens [of Lucerne] have put up this monument as an everlasting commemoration of this event.
The Rough Guide has this to say on the location: ‘This would be a movingly tranquil spot, with its foliage and gently rippling pool in front, were it not for the fact that it’s the single most touristed place in the entire city.’ Sure enough, when i was there, there were several large Japanese tour-groups having their photos taken in front of the monument.](http://photos.richardflynn.net/2008/Travel-around-Switzerland/RHJF20D200806131594/437311861_ZSHzi-Ti.jpg "Richard Flynn > Löwendenkmal • The lion monument commemorates the death of 700 Swiss mercenaries in Paris during the French revolution.
Here is the text of the monument:
HELVETIORUM FIDEI AC VIRTUTI
Die X Augusti II et III Septembris MDCCXCII
Haec sunt nomina eorum qui ne sacramenti fidem fallerent
[Left column]:
Fortissime pugnantes ceciderunt
Duces XXVI
[Names]
Milites circiter DCCLX
[Right column]:
Solerti amicorum cura cladi superfuerent
Duces XVI
[Names]
Milites circiter CCCL
[Bottom]:
Huius rei gestae cives aere collato perrenne monumentum posuere.
Translated:
TO THE LOYALTY AND BRAVERY OF THE SWISS
On 10th August and 2nd & 3rd September 1792
Here are the names of those who, so as not to break their oath of loyalty:
[Left column]:
…Died while fighting bravely
26 Officers
[Names]
About 760 soldiers.
[Right column]:
…Survived the battle because of the care and attention of their friends:
16 Officers
[Names]
About 350 soldiers
[Bottom]:
The citizens [of Lucerne] have put up this monument as an everlasting commemoration of this event.
The Rough Guide has this to say on the location: ‘This would be a movingly tranquil spot, with its foliage and gently rippling pool in front, were it not for the fact that it’s the single most touristed place in the entire city.’ Sure enough, when i was there, there were several large Japanese tour-groups having their photos taken in front of the monument.")
Jesuitenkirche • The domes of the Jesuitenkirche are a recognizable landmark on the south bank of the river Reuss in Lucerne, just as the river widens to Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee).
Jesuitenkirche • The domes of the Jesuitenkirche are a recognizable landmark on the south bank of the river Reuss in Lucerne, just as the river widens to Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee).
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