After news of the Paris revolution of 1848 reached the Austrian Empire, the absolutist reign of Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich was weakened.
After the February Revolution of 1848, the left wing faction in the Constituent Assembly elected that year was called "The Mountain." (see: The Mountain (1849)).
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Named after Alphonse de Lamartine, the French poet and historian, who sprang into such wonderful popularity during the French Revolution of 1848.