Ústí nad Orlicí - statue of St. Floriana

Fires regularly plagued the city in past centuries, so to put them out, the idea arose to build a statue of St. Floriana. The work was assigned to the local sculptor J. Čip. He completed it in 1852. Since then, the spring Florian's Pilgrimage has been held every year. In 1924, during the widening of the street, it was moved to another place, and in 1982 it was moved, like most of the other local…