Marian column (Racibórz)
The Marian column in Racibórz (Ratibor) on the ring is a statue from the 18th century.
Description and history
The late baroque from sandstone existing sculpture with rich decorative figures has been 1725 to 1727 by the Austrian sculptor Johann Melchior Austrian created. The column was donated by Countess Gashin. It was created as a thank you after surviving two cholera epidemics in Racibórz in 1708 and 1715.
The statue is 14 meters high. On the base decorated with volutes there are figures of saints and putti . Finally, above the substructure there is a cloud column with angel heads on which the figure of Mary is enthroned.
Inscriptions
- "PIA DILECTAE MATRIS IVSSA FILIO PIE EXEQVENTE ILLVSTRISSIMO DOMINO CAROLO LVDOVICO SRI COMITE DE GASCHIN, NOBILI DOMINO DE ROSENBERG, HEREDITARIO DOMINO IN REICHWALD, FREISTADT ET KATSCHER"
- "SANCTISQVE MARCELLO PAPAE"
Web links
Commons : Marian column in Racibórz - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Page of the city ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Page of the city ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hans Lutsch: The art monuments of the government district of Opole. Korn, 1894.
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 31 ″ N , 18 ° 13 ′ 11 ″ E