Immaculata on Marian Column / Immaculata na mariánském sloupu - Podebrady (Central Bohemia) - Statues of Religious Figures on Waymarking.com

Depicted statue of Immaculata, one of expressions of Virgin Mary, you can find on the top of the Rococo Marian (plague) column located in the main public space of spa town Podebrady - George Square (Jirího námestí).

The column at George's Square in Podebrady is a sandstone rococo Marian column with a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary (Immaculata in Latin) and four statues of saints on a pedestal around the column. Column dates back to 1765, when was erected on the square in memory of the plague epidemics in 1712–1714 and 1747–1749. The sculptural group has been protected as a cultural monument since 1965.

The column has a richly structured pedestal on a multi-stage plinth, decorated with rococo ornaments. In its corners, there are statues of St. Wenceslas, St. Adalbert, St. Florian and St. Procopius. In the middle of the pedestal is a prismatic posture with a slender column with a Corinthian-order capital and a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary.

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

The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic doctrine, the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain ("Immacula" in Latin) of original sin. It is one of the four dogmas in Roman Catholic Mariology. Under this aspect Mary is sometimes called the "Immaculata" (the Immaculate One), particularly in artistic contexts.

The definitive iconography for the Immaculate Conception, drawing on the emblem tradition, seems to have been finally established by the master and then father-in-law of Diego Velázquez, the painter and theorist Francisco Pacheco (1564–1644). Pacheco's iconography influenced other Spanish artists such as Bartolome Murillo, Diego Velázquez, and Francisco Zurbaran, who each produced a number of artistic masterpieces based on the use of these same symbols.

The popularity of this particular representation of The Immaculate Conception spread across the rest of Europe, and has since remained the best known artistic depiction of the concept: in a heavenly realm, moments after her creation, the spirit of Mary (in the form of a young woman) looks up in awe at (or bows her head to) God. The moon is under her feet and a halo of twelve stars surround her head, possibly a reference to "a woman clothed with the sun" from Revelation 12:1-2. Additional imagery may include clouds, a golden light, and cherubs. In some paintings the cherubim are holding lilies and roses, flowers often associated with Mary.

[excerpted from wiki]