Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice
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Olomouc raised this in thanks for the end of a plague that struck Moravia between 1713 and 1715, and made a point of using its own people: every artist and master craftsman on it was a citizen of the town, and almost every saint carved into it has some tie to the city. Work ran from 1716 to 1754. It is the largest Baroque sculptural group in the Czech Republic, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000 as one of the most exceptional examples of central European Baroque.
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The Holy Trinity Column (Czech: Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice) in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic is a Baroque monument (Trinity column) that was built between 1716 and 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 (now in the Czech Republic) 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".