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Statue of St. Adalbert

Socha svätého Vojtecha
Statue of St. Adalbert
Socha svätého Vojtecha
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
M. Schneidera-Trnavského 3, 917 01 Trnava
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.379067, 17.591436
Google map:

History

It stands in front of the Church of St. Nicholas. It was erected in 1805 and it was moved to its current location in 1847. St. Adalbert is the guardian of the archdiocese of Esztergom, so his veneration is as old as the Hungarian State.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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