Rennaisance Wayside Shrine - Benátky, Czech Republic
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vraatja
N 50° 18.691 E 015° 44.049
33U E 552273 N 5573525
Rennaisance wayside shrine from 1554 at the crossroad in a small village Benátky (East Bohemia).
Waymark Code: WMR2CX
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/02/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 25

The sandstone wayside shrine located at the crossroad in the village Benatky comes, according to chronicles, from 1554. The Rennaissance wayside shride consists of a prismatic column and in the upper part there is a typical "lantern" with four reliefs depicting the Crucifixion. On the top ot the wayside shrine there is a typical Latin cross. On the sign engreved at its pedestal one can find that the wayside shrine was renovated in 1892.
Year of creation: 1554

Material: Sandstone

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