Plague Column, Kutná Hora
Plague Column in Kutná Hora (Czech: Morový sloup v Kutné Hoře), also known as Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate (Czech: Morový sloup Panny Marie Neposkvrněné), is located in Šultysova 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 František Baugut. 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)