Plague Column, Vienna

The Plague Column, or Trinity Column, is a Holy Trinity column located on the , a street in the of , . Erected after the Great Plague epidemic in 1679, the Baroque memorial is one of the best known and most prominent sculptural artworks in the city.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: memorial monument in the city of Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: “Holy Trinity Column”, “Pestsäule”, and “Wiener Pestsaeule”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Peterskirche.

Church
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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in , and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Josef Grünwidl. is situated 250 metres east of Plague Column, Vienna.

Church
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The is a Baroque parish church in , . It was transferred in 1970 by the Archbishop of Vienna Franz Cardinal König to the priests of the Opus Dei.

Museum
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The Austrian National Library is the largest library in , with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the of the in of . is situated 360 metres southwest of Plague Column, Vienna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Naschmarkt.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Locality
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The is a popular fruit and vegetable market in . Located at the Wienzeile over the Wien River, it is about 1.5 kilometres long. Originally known as Aschenmarkt, it started to be called the around 1820.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Plague Column, Vienna

Latitude
48.20871° or 48° 12′ 31″ north
Longitude
16.36979° or 16° 22′ 11″ east
Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)
Inception
1693
Height
21 metres (69 feet)
Roof shape
pyramidal
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FWR6959+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107803504
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12501025
Wiki­data ID
Q688614
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Plague Column, Vienna” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Plaagkolom, Wene”
  • Arabic: “عمود الطاعون”
  • Basque: “Pestsäule”
  • Catalan: “Pestsäule”
  • Chinese: “黑死病纪念柱”
  • Czech: “Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice”
  • Czech: “Wiener Pestsäule”
  • Dutch: “Weense pestzuil”
  • Esperanto: “Pestkolono”
  • Esperanto: “Pestokolono en Vieno”
  • Esperanto: “Pestokolono”
  • French: “colonne de la peste”
  • French: “Colonne de la peste”
  • French: “Colonne de la Trinité”
  • French: “Pestsäule”
  • German: “Hl. Dreifaltigkeit und zu den 9 Chören der Engel”
  • German: “Pestsäule Wien”
  • German: “Pestsäule”
  • German: “Wiener Pestsäule”
  • German: “Hl. Dreifaltigkeits Säule auf dem Graben.” (historical)
  • Hausa: “Gidan annoba, Vienna”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד המגפה, וינה”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד המגפה”
  • Hungarian: “Szentháromság pestisoszlop”
  • Indonesian: “Pestsäule, Wina”
  • Italian: “Colonna della Peste”
  • Japanese: “ペスト記念塔”
  • Japanese: “ペスト記念柱”
  • Latin: “Columnae S.S.S. Trinitatis...auf dem Graben” (historical)
  • Polish: “Kolumna morowa w Wiedniu”
  • Polish: “Kolumna Morowa”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna da Peste (Viena)”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna da Peste”
  • Romanian: “Coloana Ciumei din Viena”
  • Russian: “Чумная колонна (столб)”
  • Russian: “Чумная колонна”
  • Spanish: “Pestsäule”
  • Turkish: “Viyana Veba Sütunu”
  • Ukrainian: “Чумний стовп”

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