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The Chapel of St. John Sarkander

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The Chapel of St. John Sarkander
The Chapel of St. John Sarkander
The Chapel of St. John Sarkander
The Chapel of St. John Sarkander
The Chapel of St. John Sarkander
The Chapel of St. John Sarkander
Address:
Na hrade 5, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic

The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic is a Baroque monument that was built between 1716 to 1754. The main purpose was to celebrate the Catholic Church and faith, partly caused by feeling of gratitude for ending a plague, which struck Moravia between 1713 and 1715. The column was also understood to be an expression of local patriotism, since all artists and master craftsmen working on this monument were Olomouc citizens, and almost all depicted saints were connected with the city of Olomouc in some way.It is the biggest Baroque sculptural group in the Czech Republic. In 2000 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of central European Baroque artistic expression.
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