2 Best Sights in Luzern and Central Switzerland, Switzerland

The Swiss guards who died defending Louis XVI of France at the Tuileries in Paris in 1792 are commemorated here. Designed by Danish sculptor Berthel Thorwaldsen and carved out of a sheer sandstone face by Lucas Ahorn of Konstanz, this 19th-century wonder is a simple, stirring image of a dying lion. The Latin inscription translates "To the bravery and fidelity of the Swiss." 

This often-reproduced monument in the village center shows a proud father with crossbow on one shoulder, the other hand grasping his son's hand. It was sculpted by Richard Kissling in 1895.