Mariánský sloup / Marian Column (Frymburk - South Bohemia)
N 48° 39.666 E 014° 09.953
33U E 438578 N 5390118
Small, but valuable from historic and artistic point of view, it is Baroque Marian Column located in main square of the market-town Frymburk...
Waymark Code: WM8T24
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/09/2010
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Small, but valuable from historic and artistic point of view, it is Baroque Marian Column located in main square of the market-town Frymburk.
The Marian Column was built by Cistercian monk from Vyšší Brod Monastery Jan František Latich in the front of house of its brother, Frymburk's burgher Gregor Latich in 1635 (Latin chronogram at the column's plinth). The column's purpose was clear and typical for the Baroque era - protection of the town against plague. The colum belongs among the oldest Baroque Marian columns in Czech lands, where majority of them originates from the period 1680-1720.