Plague Column, Kutná Hora

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Plague Column in Kutná Hora, also known as Column of the Virgin Mary Immaculate ({{langx|cs|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.{{Cite web| title=Sloup se sousoším – Morový sloup|url=http://monumnet.npu.cz/pamfond/list.php?IdReg=150740|access-date=13 November 2012|publisher=National Heritage Institute|location=Prague}}

History

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).

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