Marian Column - Nachod, Czech Republic
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N 50° 24.977 E 016° 09.769
33U E 582612 N 5585563
Baroque Marian Column in Nachod.
Waymark Code: WMJ9NN
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/15/2013
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First written mentions of the Náchod town originated in 1254. Little town had consecutively spread over the town walls, significant boom occured in the end of 18th century together with the expansion of textile industry. The town has recently been a natural, historical, tourist, administrative and industrial centre of the area. There are many monuments here in the town - Renaissance castle with French garden, St. Lawrence´s gothic church in Masaryk square, the old baroque town hall, the new neo-renaissance town hall, the post office.
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Socha P. Marie stojí na vysokém sloupu s entasí, zakonceném pseudokorinskou hlavicí. Sloup postaven na stylobatu stojícím na dvou schudcích. Stylobat má na ctyrech stranách vysoké reliefy se ctyrmi svetci.
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