Stará Ves near Rýmařov – St. John of Nepomuk

A beautiful, somewhat unconventionally conceived statue decorates the intersection with the turnoff to the church in Stará Ves near Rýmařov (Potočná and Mlýnská Streets). Sculpture of St. John of Nepomuck from the end of the 18th century is certainly not unique in our region. Less common is the version where the saint holds a cross with a crucified Christ in his raised left hand, a biretta in his drooping right hand. The statue is made of Maletín sandstone. According to…