Plague Column, Kutná Hora

Plague Column in Kutná Hora, also known as Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate (Czech: Morový sloup Panny Marie Neposkvrněné), is a Marian column in Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is protected as a cultural monument.^[1]

History[edit]

This baroque plague column was built by the Jesuit sculptor František Baugut. It originated between 1713 and 1715 as a commemoration of the contemporary plague which killed more than a thousand people. The column is decorated by the statue of the Virgin Mary Immaculate and Kutná Hora's typical labor themes (reliefs of miners).

See also[edit]

• Plague Column, Vienna

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maria column in Kutná Hora.

• Plague Column on Kutná Hora information portal (in Czech)

49°56′58″N 15°16′01″E / 49.9494°N 15.2669°E / 49.9494; 15.2669