Plague column in Třebechovice pod Oreb

In memory of the plague epidemic that began in Třebechovice pod Oreb on July 15, 1680 and claimed the lives of 450 local residents (according to other sources only 427 people), a large plague column with a group of regional saints was to be erected on the square. patrons and the Virgin Mary. When the city had somewhat recovered from the pestilence, people began to attack it. The day before St. Peter and Paul in 1695, however, a great fire destroyed...