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The Plague Column ((スロベニア語:Kužno znamenje)) is a monument at Main Square () of the city of Maribor, northeastern Slovenia, erected by "pious burghers" in gratitude for the end of a 1680 plague epidemic that had claimed a third of the city's population. The original monument was built in 1681. The current one is a 1743 replacement, the first work by the German sculptor Joseph Straub in Maribor. It is considered his most monumental work, and one of the best examples of baroque art in Slovenia. The column is made entirely of white marble, and consists of an ornate rectangular pedestal that supports a Corinthian column bearing a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary, crowned with twelve stars and standing on the moon (a reference to Revelation 12:1).〔(Revelation 12:1 at Scripture Text )〕 At its base, the column is surrounded by six saints, to which the townspeople prayed for intercession:〔(Virtualni sprehod - Main square )〕 *St. Francis of Assissi *St. Sebastian *St. James *St. Anthony of Padua *St. Roch *St. Francis Xavier The monument was later surrounded by an ornamental stone fence. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Plague Column (Maribor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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