saint column trinity the market square bystrzyca klodzka

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Baroque Holy Trinity Column from 1736 by Anton JÃ¶rg. Inspired by the 12th chapter of the Apocalypse of St. John. The sculpture shows the symbolic fight of the Church against Satan. This is especially visible in the depiction of Our Lady conquering evil and in the figure of Saint. Michael the Archangel with a defeated dragon. It is 10 m high. The monument was intended to strengthen the Catholic faith.The author of the monument came from Kamieniec Z?bkowicki and became famous for a similar work in G?ubczyce. The founder of the column was Kacper Rudolf Kleinwatcher, a councilor and treasurer from Bystrzyca.The monument was built at a time when the local population was decimated by plagues and fires. The last renovation was carried out in 1900-1902.