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Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate in Kutná Hora

column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate in Kutná Hora

Czech Republic Kutná Hora-Vnitřní Město cultural monument of the Czech Republic
Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate in Kutná Hora
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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.

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).