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Religious Site Attractions In Maribor

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Maribor is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor. Maribor, along with the Portuguese city of Guimarães, was selected the European Capital of Culture for 2012.
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Religious Site Attractions In Maribor

  • 1. Maribor Cathedral (Church of St John the Baptist) Maribor
    Maribor Cathedral , dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Maribor, northeastern Slovenia. The church is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor and the parish church of the Parish of Maribor–St. John the Baptist. It is also the resting place of the Bishop Anton Martin Slomšek, an advocate of Slovene culture.
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  • 2. Plague Column Maribor
    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 white marble, and consists of an ornate rectangular pedestal that supports a Corinthian column bearing a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary, crowned with twelve stars and standing on the moon . At its base, the column is surrounded by six saints, to which the townspeople prayed for intercession: St. Fran...
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