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    The Plague Column (German: die Wiener Pestsäule), or Trinity Column (German: Dreifaltigkeitssäule), is a Holy Trinity column located on the Graben, a...
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    During the era of Emperor Charles VI, daily masses were held at the Pestsäule. In the 18th century processions took place nearly every week, but this...
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    Marian columns are religious monuments depicting Virgin Mary on the top, often built in thanksgiving for the ending of a plague (plague columns) or for...
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    Baroque Karlskirche with the associated 69 foot plague columns known as the Pestsäule. What has become known as the "Great Plague of Vienna", was actually only...
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    History Museum of Natural History Maria am Gestade Church Palais Ephrussi Pestsäule (a plague column) Peterskirche Rathaus, Vienna Ruprechtskirche Schottenstift...
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    is located on Petersplatz, right next to Graben and just west of the Pestsäule. The street Jungferngasse cuts through the pedestrian zone and leads directly...
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    converted squares in Europe. In the middle of the main square the high "Pestsäule" ("plague column", also known as "Dreifaltigkeitssäule" (Dreifaltigkeit...
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    kneeling prayer for the end of the plague epidemic, on the plague column (Pestsäule) in Vienna. Died at age 65 after a reign of 48 years. His three wives...
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    led by Mahmud Khilji. The tower is dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu. 1548? Pestsäule Germany Eching am Ammersee 48.079032 N 11.112875 E 2 m 1565 Colonna della...
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    survivors built the monument of the Holy Trinity (Dreifaltigkeits- or Pestsäule) at the Freiheitsplatz. In the early 19th century, Ludwig van Beethoven...
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