CoA of the New Town of Prague on Plague Column / Znak Nového mesta pražského na morovém sloupu - Karlovo námestí (Prague)
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Depicted simplified historic CoA of the New Town of Prague (Nové mesto pražské) you can find on Baroque plague column located in the NE corner of the Charles Square (Karlovo námestí) in Prague' historic centre.
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/05/2014
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Depicted simplified historic CoA of the New Town of Prague (Nové mesto pražské) you can find on Baroque plague column located in the NE corner of the Charles Square (Karlovo námestí) in Prague' historic centre.
This is an older version of CoA, without lion holding Austrian shield, sitting in the open gate.
The New Town (Czech: Nové Mesto) is a district in the City of Prague. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent (from the Middle Ages until 1784) towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague. New Town was founded in 1348 by Roman Holy Emperor and Czech king Charles IV just outside the city walls to the east and south of the Old Town and encompassed an area of 7.5 km²; about three times the size of the Old Town.
The Baroque plague column with statue of St. Joseph (Sv. Josef) holding Infant Jesus, erected here in 1697-1698 and commemorating plague epidemic in 1680, is work of famous Bohemian Baroque sculptor and carver Matej Václav Jäckel (Mathias Wenzel Jäckel). The column, which is a part of public fountain, is located in the NE corner of the Charles Square (Karlovo námestí) in Prague' historic centre.