Mariánský (morový) sloup / Marian (Plague) Column - Valtice (South Moravia)
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N 48° 44.486 E 016° 45.383
33U E 629127 N 5400200
Depicted highly decorative Baroque Marian (Plague) Column is situated in the middle of recently reconstructed Liberty Square (Námestí svobody), the main public space of town Valtice.
Waymark Code: WMRW6N
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Depicted highly decorative Baroque Marian (Plague) Column is situated in the middle of recently reconstructed Liberty Square (Námestí svobody), the main public space of town Valtice.

The Marian column bearing a statue of Immaculata together with the statues of four Saints (Sebastian, Roch, Ignatius and Charles Borromeo) on the pedestal was erected at the expenses of Prince Prince Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein (1680) in a memory of the plague epidemies in 1645 and 1679. Statues are work of Viennese sculptor Mathias Gunst.

Style: Baroque

Type of building (structure): Marian or Holy Trinity column

Date of origin:: 1680

Architect(s): Mathias Gunst

Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]

Address:
nám. Svobody 691 42 Valtice Czech Republic
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