Marian Column, Votice, Czech Republic
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N 49° 38.354 E 014° 38.504
33U E 474132 N 5498582
Baroque Marian Column located in main square (Komensky Square) of Votice – Gateway to Czech Siberia
Waymark Code: WMCPV8
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/01/2011
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Votice – Gateway to Czech Siberia
Votice is a municipality and town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
"Czech Siberia" is the nickname of an area of hilly countryside only a few kilometers south of the capital city of Prague. The area is as cold as it would be located 200 meters higher than it is, because of the frequency of temperature inversions in winter.
The column was built in the first half of the 18th century as a thanks for the completion of a major epidemic of plague-Black Death (1713-1714).
Style: Baroque
Type of building (structure): Marian or Holy Trinity column
Date of origin:: 1725
Address:
Komenského náměstí
Votice
Architect(s): Not listed
Web site of the object (if exists): Not listed
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