Marian column (Litomyšl)

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Marian column in Litomyšl

The Marian column in Litomyšl (German Leitomischl ), a town in the Svitavy district in the Eastern Bohemian region of Pardubice , was built in 1716. The Marian column on the market square is a protected cultural monument .

The eleven meter high column with the figure of Our Lady is surrounded by St. Wenceslas and St. John of Nepomuk . It was probably built according to a design by Giovanni Battista Alliprandi . The figures were created by Antonín Appeller.

literature

  • Milan Skřivánek, Pavel Vopálka: Litomyšl. A venerable city. Paseka, Prague 1997, ISBN 80-7185-123-X , p. 54.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description as a cultural monument ÚSKP 30522 / 6-4229 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).

Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 10.6 "  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 42.4"  E