Column of the Virgin
Also known as Mariensäule
1638
Baroque
public art
A gilded bronze Madonna standing on a crescent moon, holding the Christ Child, crowns a marble column that Elector Maximilian I raised on the Marienplatz after vowing to build a devotional monument if Munich and Landshut were spared…
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