The 14 m high Immaculata - Plague Column of Maria in Kosice (eastern Slovakia) was built in 1722 - 1723 in thanksgiving for the prevention of plague, war and famine.
In the background the National Theater Košice.
(March 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Immaculata - Plague Column of Mary in Košice (Kaschau - Eastern Slovakia) is a Baroque statue group on a 14 m high column, built in 1722-1723 in thanksgiving for the prevention of plague, war and famine.
(March 2009)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Pestsäule, #Plague_Column, #Kaschau, #Košice, #Slovakia, #Slowakei