Plague Column, Kutná Hora
The Plague Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate in Kutná Hora
Plague Column in Kutná Hora, also known as Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate, is located in street in Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is protected as a cultural heritage.[1]
History[]
This baroque plague column was built by the Jesuit sculptor . It originated between 1713 and 1715 as a commemoration of the contemporary plague which killed more than a thousand people. The column is decorated by the statue of the Virgin Mary Immaculate and Kutná Hora's typical labor themes (reliefs of miners).
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Sloup se sousoším – Morový sloup". Prague: National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Maria column in Kutná Hora at Wikimedia Commons
- Plague Column on Kutná Hora information portal, (in Czech)
Categories:
- Marian and Holy Trinity columns
- Baroque architecture in the Czech Republic
- 1710s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire