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Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc

Czech Republic
Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (i)(iv)
Property : 0.0227 ha
Olomouc Region
N49 35 55 E17 16 10
Ref: 859rev

Brief Description

This memorial column, erected in the early years of the 18th century, is the most outstanding example of a type of monument specific to central Europe. In the characteristic regional style known as Olomouc Baroque and rising to a height of 35 m, it is decorated with many fine religious sculptures, the work of the distinguished Moravian artist Ondrej Zahner.
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Justification for Inscription

Criterion i The Olomouc Holy Trinity Column is one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of central European Baroque artistic expression. Criterion iv The Holy Trinity Column constituted a unique material demonstration of religious faith in central Europe during the Baroque period, and the Olomouc example represents its most outstanding expression.

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