Wayside Shrine (Boží muka) - Velké Losiny, Czech Republic
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Baroque prismatic wayside shrine at the road between villages Velké Losiny and Maršíkov.
Waymark Code: WM10CPX
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/14/2019
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The Baroque prismatic wayside shrine comes, according to the inscriprion on a stone plaque attached in its lower part, from 1650. It was built to commemorate the slaughter of the local priest E. Alberti by the Swedish troops in 1643. Hence the name of the Swedish Wayside shrine (Švédská kaplicka). The wayside shrine has a pyrimidal roof made of wooden shingles. In one of its niches there is a picture of the Virgin Mary.
Year of creation: 1650
Material: plastered bricks, shingles
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