Plague Column

The Plague Column is a monument at Main Square of the city of , northeastern , erected by "pious burghers" in gratitude for the end of a 1680 plague epidemic that had claimed a third of the city's population.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: monument in Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Plague Column, Maribor”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Main square and Maribor Town Hall.

Square
Photo: Alejandro Cruz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The of Maribor, also known as Glavni trg, is a square in , the second largest city in Slovenia, situated in the northeast of the country.

Town hall
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is the of , . It is situated on the town's Main Square. Built in 1515, it was remodeled in Renaissance style between 1563 and 1565.

Museum
Photo: Janezdrilc, CC0.
is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in what was the center of the medieval Maribor ghetto Židovska ulica, in the city of , . is situated 200 metres southeast of Plague Column.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maribor and Lent.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the second most important centre and the second largest city of . It has about 114,000 inhabitants who live embraced in its wine growing hills and the Mariborsko Pohorje mountain.

Quarter
Photo: Andrejj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.

Suburb
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The is the central district of the City Municipality of Maribor in northeastern . It comprises the inner city area of the city of , including , the commercial streets, and .

Plague Column

Latitude
46.5576° or 46° 33′ 27″ north
Longitude
15.64528° or 15° 38′ 43″ east
Inception
1990
Open location code
8FRQHJ5W+24
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1533972470
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7200561
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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Plague Column” goes by many names.
  • French: “colonne de la peste”
  • French: “Colonne de la peste”
  • German: “Mariensäule”
  • German: “Pestsäule in Maribor”
  • German: “Pestsäule”
  • Hungarian: “Szűz Mária”
  • Indonesian: “Kolom Wabah (Maribor)”
  • Indonesian: “Tugu Wabah”
  • Macedonian: “Столб на чумата (Марибор)”
  • Macedonian: “Столб на чумата”
  • Slovenian: “Kužno znamenje (Maribor)”
  • Slovenian: “Kužno znamenje, Maribor”
  • Slovenian: “Kužno znamenje”
  • Turkish: “Veba Sütunu, Maribor”

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