The Most Holy Trinity / Nejsvetejší trojice - Žatec (North-West Bohemia) - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

Depicted the Most Holy Trinity (Nejsvetejší Trojice) sculptural group you can find on the top of the Baroque Trinity column located in the miidle of main public space of town Žatec - Námestí Svobody (Liberty Square).

The monumental Baroque Column of the Most Holy Trinity (Sloup Nejsvetejší Trojice) was built by sculptor František Tollinger from Litomerice as a protection against plague epidemics in the years 1707–1713. The almost 20 m high column was built on the basis of the will of the local pharmacist Johann Clemens Calderar, who bequeathed the money spent on the sale of his pharmacy for its construction. The gift is reminiscent of a cartouche (located on the west side of the pedestal of the column) with a chronogram, the coat of arms of a donor and a relief depicting the pharmacist Calderar and his wife praying to the Virgin Mary. The column was completed by the sculptor Jan Karel Vetter from Žatec in 1735.

The column consists of a multi-stage stylobat on the floor plan of an equilateral triangle on which is a corniced podium of a similar floor plan with a plinth carrying a cloud obelisk. The plinth is more subtle than the podium and has a similar floor plan shape. Attached to the corners of the plinth are volute wings with a massive lower volute, which bear statues of three angels. The column itself is a triangular obelisk densely covered with stylized clouds between which is large number of angels' heads, changing at the top into angels supporting a cloud mass with a large copper cross and the Most Holy Trinity in a traditional iconographic concept (seated God the Father, Jesus on his right and Holy Spirit like a dove flies at their feet). The column is complemented by a balustrade with statues of saints (St. John of Nepomuk, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Procopius, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Joseph the Foster with Jesus, St. Wenceslas, St. Sigismund and St. Florian) and two angels.

Source: excerpted and translated from Wikipedia and National Heritage Institute portal.

The Christian doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity (Latin: Trinitas, lit. 'triad', from Latin: trinus "threefold") holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine persons". The three persons are distinct, yet are one "substance, essence or nature" (homoousios). The Trinity is most commonly seen in Christian art with the Spirit represented by a dove, as specified in the Gospel accounts of the Baptism of Christ; he is nearly always shown with wings outspread. However depictions using three human figures appear occasionally in most periods of art. The Father and the Son are usually differentiated by age, and later by dress, but this too is not always the case. The usual depiction of the Father as an older man with a white beard may derive from the biblical Ancient of Days, which is often cited in defense of this sometimes controversial representation.

Source: excerpted from Wikipedia