Inseli-Park

About this audio guide

This guide to Inseli Park in Lucerne centers on a bronze wrestling sculpture and the uproar it caused when the city first tried to give it a home. It follows sculptor Hugo Siegwart, whose prize-winning work from a nineteen-oh-five exhibition in Munich divided the city over a question of public decency. You will hear from the petitioners who tried to keep it out of sight, and from the officials who stood by their statue. Look for the pair of bronze wrestlers on the lawn, still locked in the same grip.