Plague Column, Kutná Hora

Monument in Czechia

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 (Czech: Morový sloup Panny Marie Neposkvrněné), is a Marian column in Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is protected as a cultural monument.[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

  • Plague Column, Vienna

References

  1. ^ "Sloup se sousoším – Morový sloup". Prague: National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maria column in Kutná Hora.
  • Plague Column on Kutná Hora information portal (in Czech)

49°56′58″N 15°16′01″E / 49.9494°N 15.2669°E / 49.9494; 15.2669