In a former quarry in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland carved into the sandstone face of a cliff, is a dying lion with a broken spear through his heart and his paw draped over a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis emblem of the Bourbon family. Above him, the words ‘Helvetorium Fidei ac Virtuti’ are carved (‘To the Loyalty and Bravery of the Swiss’). His powerful limbs lie, as if in slumber; his noble head, framed by its magnificent mane, rests upon his front paw and in his face is hewn the pain and sorrow of defeat as he exhumes his final breath. Alone.
It is the most moving sculpture I have ever laid eyes upon!! If you look closely to can see a pig he added because he felt like he was short-changed for his carving
