
Belfort is the corner of Alsace that France managed to hang on to after the Franco-Prussian War. To compensate themselves for losing the rest they built the enormous Lion of Belfort, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi, who also did the Statue of Liberty. There are copies of it in Paris and Montreal. The Lion of Belfort is a two-hour drive from the Löwendenkmal in Lucerne. Source.