Prostějov - statue of the Virgin Mary Cellenská

In Prostejov Brněnská Street, leading to the Municipal Cemetery, we find a small but interesting baroque statue. It represents the Virgin Mary of Cellen, so it is an imitation of the famous statue from the Austrian pilgrimage site of Maria Zell. Originally, it stood in the places from where the pilgrimage to Maria Zell went every year.
The work was commissioned in 1768 by a local citizen, Judita Svobodová. Statuette of the Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ in…