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Plague Column
Vienna, Austria
Mike's review
Visited 2015The official name is the Holy Trinity Column, but everyone calls it the Plague Column. Leopold I commissioned it after the 1679 epidemic, which killed thousands in Vienna. The first monument was wooden and went up while the plague was still underway. The present stone-and-bronze version followed between 1679 and 1692.
Look at it from the bottom upward. The emperor kneels near the base, Faith pushes the figure of the plague away, and the mass of clouds and angels rises to the Trinity at the top. It stands directly on Graben between St. Stephen's and the Hofburg, so it takes only a few minutes to stop and read the monument before continuing west.
From the source
A Baroque Holy Trinity column on the Graben commissioned after Vienna's 1679 plague epidemic and completed in the late 17th century.
Supporting source: Legacy import provenance
Plan your visit
Hours
- Mon
- Open public exterior
- Tue
- Open public exterior
- Wed
- Open public exterior
- Thu
- Open public exterior
- Fri
- Open public exterior
- Sat
- Open public exterior
- Sun
- Open public exterior
- · The Plague Column is an exterior monument on Graben and does not require a ticket or time slot.
Admission
Free
Booking
No booking needed
Features & amenities
What to expect
- Sun-exposed
- Outdoor
Good to know
- Photos allowed
- Easy
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