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Statue of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (Plague Column)

Morový Stĺp
Statue of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (Plague Column)
Morový Stĺp
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Nyitra, Nitra 
Historical Hungarian county:
Nyitra
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.317715, 18.087936
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History

It was erected next to the stairs leading to the castle gate in 1750. The sculptor was Vogerl Márton. The statue was raised by Archbishop Esterházy Imre of Esztergom in memory of the plagues in 1710 and in 1739. On the four corners of its pedestal the statues of Hungarian kings stand: St. Stephen, St. László, St. Imre and Béla IV.

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