Plague Column (Maribor)
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Plague Column (Maribor)
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The Plague Column is a monument at Main Square of the city of Maribor, northeastern Slovenia, erected by "pious burghers" in gratitude for the end of a 1680 plague epidemic that had claimed a third of the city's population. The original monument was built in 1681. The current one is a 1743 replacement, the first work by the German sculptor Joseph Straub in Maribor. It is considered his most monumental work, and one of the best examples of baroque art in Slovenia. The column is made entirely of w
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Monument in Slovenia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_Column_(Maribor)
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2023-11-25T09:27:50Z
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