The Lion Monument in Lucerne, Switzerland was the inspiration for Heath and Landon’s Lion Collection. Designed by Danish sculptor, Bertel Thorwaldsen in 1891, the monument commemorates the heroic Swiss Guards who defended the Tuileries during the French Revolution in 1792. This huge figure of the sleeping lion is carved out of the face of a sandstone cliff above the city center. It is quite possibly one of the most moving pieces of rock sculpture in the world both for its beauty and its powerful symbolism.