Cross at the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary - Nové Strašecí, Czechia
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Christian cross at the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Nové Strašecí, Rakovník district.
Waymark Code: WM10JHM
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/16/2019
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Mentioned in 1830. It stood originally on the east side of Komenský Square (in front of school), in 1957 it was moved together with the statue of Sts. John of Nepomuk to the church. On the pedestal of the cross a relief of the Virgin Mary. In 1852, the Prague Bishop Cardinal Bedrich Schwarzenberg sanctified the cross. Originally a stone cross.