Plague Pillar (Košice)

Plague Pillar (Košice)

The Immaculata (or The Plague Pillar, Slovak: "Morový stĺp") is a Baroque plague column in Košice, Slovakia. It was erected at the place of medieval gallows at Hlavná ulica ("Main Street") in 1723 and it commemorates the end of the plague of 1710-1711.

It is a 14 metre high column on the stone basement with sculptures of Saint Joseph, Saint Sebastian and Saint Ladislaus. There is a sculpture of Virgin Mary on the top of the column. The sculptures of Saint Gabriel, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Margaret, Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Barbara are on the pillars of the fence.

The statue was damaged during the World War II. It was restored by academic sculptor Vojtech Löffler in the years 1949-1951 and 1971-1972. The last reconstruction took place in 1996-1998.


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