2004 – The Lion Memorial in Luzern in Switzerland shows a dying lion carved into the rock in honor of the war heroes who fell in the Tuileries in 1792. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
In 2004 we traveled Switzerland for a week. We started in Zurich, made a stop in Berne to visit some friends, and concluded the trip in Luzern.
Luzern is a very old town located at the Vierwaldstätter See. With roughly 60,000 inhabitants it is one of the larger cities in Switzerland. The river Reuss flows gently through the city passing two wooden bridges on its way to the lake.
My image shows the historic Lion Memorial (or Löwendenkmal in German) – a dying lion that has been carved into the rock, honoring the war heroes who fell in the Tuileries in 1792. The artwork is quite large which you realize when looking at the tiny blob on the Lion’s paw next to the nose. That’s a dove!
The City of Luzern has put up an excellent page covering all the details of the memorial.
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 2004 |
| Location | Luzern, Switzerland |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Fuji Slide Film |
| Digital Image Soure | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 3692 x 4232 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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