Boží muka “Sloup odsouzencu” / wayside shrine “Column of convicts”, Horovice, Czech republic
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Noe1
N 49° 50.033 E 013° 54.149
33U E 421074 N 5520738
Late Gothic sandstone wayside shrine from around year 1500 / Pozdne gotická pískovcová boží muka z doby kolem roku 1500.
Waymark Code: WMDFZC
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/11/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Roman_Jaromer
Views: 69

CZ: Pozdne gotická pískovcová boží muka z doby kolem roku 1500. Puvodne stála za mestem, u bývalé Horní brány. Kolem božích muk chodili odsouzenci na smrt na kopec se šibenicí a traduje se, že se zde naposledy modlili. Posledním doloženým odsouzencem byl muž, obešený roku 1721 za krádež.

ENG: Late Gothic sandstone wayside shrine from around year 1500. Originally it stood near the former Upper gate. Around the shrine went sentenced to death to gallows on the hill and the shrine was used as a place of last pray. Last documented condemned man was executed in Horovice in 1721, hanged for a theft.
Year of creation: 1500/1/1

Material: stone - sandstone, pískovec

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