The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal), also known as the Lion of Lucerne, is a sculpture designed by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and carved by Lukas Ahorn between 1819 and 1821 on a rock wall in the city of Lucerne, Switzerland. It commemorates the murder of 760 mercenaries of the Swiss Guard during the French Revolution in 1792 while defending themselves against the revolutionaries' assault on the Tuileries Palace in Paris, France.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) praised the lion sculpture as ‘the saddest, most touching and telling piece of stone in the world’.

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Walking onto Black Rock Sands Beach at Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, North Wales, on a late afternoon walk in January.
The sandy walkway has marram grasses both sides and goes straight onto the beautiful sandy beach.
Perfect beach very very clean, ideal for the stunning scenery and a fantastic walk.

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The sunset shining through the Marram grasses whilst being on Black Rock Sands Beach on a beautiful January late afternoon walk.

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View of Harlech Castle taken in Lower Harlech in January.

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Dreams of snow arise,
Red hearts bloom on frozen branches—
Time stands still and waits.

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