The Plague Column (German: die Wiener Pestsäule), or Trinity Column (German: Dreifaltigkeitssäule), is a Holy Trinity column located on the Graben, a street in the inner city of Vienna, Austria. Erected after the Great Plague epidemic in 1679, the Baroque memorial is one of the best known and most prominent sculptural artworks in the city.

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.

Feb 8, 2024 · In the absence of antibiotics, what’s a 17th-century city to do when the plague sweeps across Europe? Put up a few statues and trust to providence it would seem. Detailed decorated column erected around 1690; A Viennese landmark on the pedestrianised Graben; Look for the (in)famous protruding Habsburg lip on a lower relief; See also: Vienna ...

Dec 12, 2011 · Several plague columns survive to this day, particularly across the former Hapsburg Empire. A Plague Pillar once stood in the center of Old Town Prague, but was toppled by an anti-Hapsburg crowd...

Marian columns are religious monuments depicting Virgin Mary on the top, often built in thanksgiving for the ending of a plague (plague columns) or for some other reason. The purpose of the Holy Trinity columns was usually simply to celebrate the church and the faith, though the plague motif could sometimes play its role in their erection as well.

Dec 13, 2011 · Placed in the middle of one of Vienna’s most famous streets the huge gilded, baroque confection of a sculpture at its center is in fact a memorial to the worst plague in Viennese history.

The Wiener Pestsäule, also known as the Vienna Plague Column, is a Holy Trinity column located on Graben Street in Vienna’s Inner City. It was erected following the Great Plague outbreak in 1679 to commemorate its victims and celebrate the city’s survival.

The Holy Trinity Column, one of the Baroque monuments of the city, better known as the Plague Column. It was built as a thank you for averting a plague epidemic. It was created by sculptor Matthias B Braun and stonemason M Bäumel during the years 1718–1719 and it is situated on Castle Square as a thanks for the cessation of plague infection ...

Vienna Plague Column (‘die Wiener Pestsäule’), also known as Trinity Column (‘Dreifaltigkeitssäule’) is a Baroque-style column in Graben street in Vienna, erected to commemorate victims of the Great Plague in 1679. It is one of the most prominent monuments and sculpture ensembles in Vienna and Austria.

The Plague Column, also known as the Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate, is located in Kutná Hora, Šultysova street. It was built in 18th century by Jesuit sculptor František Baugut to commemorate the plague epidemic, in which more than 1,000 people died in Kutná Hora in 1713.