Statue of St. Rosalie with the column of St. Mary in Velehrad

On August 5, 1681, a statue of the Virgin Mary on a column was consecrated in Velehrad in front of the western monastery gate. The statue on a column with a Corinthian capital was created by Bernard Giermek, a Cistercian priest from Velehrad. In the 18th century, as thanksgiving for overcoming the plague epidemic, the column was reworked into a more massive sculpture, when the original column was built on a four-sided base, in front of which an open grave was created in the shape of...