Holy Trinity Column at the top of Lesser Town Square in my hometown, Prague, the ...
... Czech Republic & famous Prague Castle. The monument was built in 1715 to commemorate the terrible plague which hit Prague in 1713-14. It was made by sculptor František Herstorfer according to a design by Giovanni Batista Alliprandi. The column is 20m high and is decorated with a statue of the Holy Trinity and the Czech patron saints. Three fountains around the column represent the sources of life, mercy and salvation.