It is also known as the "plague pillar". It was built in the years 1720-1723 to commemorate the Great Plague of 1710-1711. The builder of the monument was Tomáš Tornyosi and the sculptural part is the work of Šimon Griming. The reliefs with the allegory of Moru, War and Hunger were made of gilded copper sheet by the well-known goldsmith Juraj Immerwohl.
It is also known as the "plague pillar". It was built in the years 1720-1723 to commemorate the Great Plague of 1710-1711. The builder of the monument was Tomáš Tornyosi and the sculptural part is the work of Šimon Griming. The reliefs with the allegory of Moru, War and Hunger were made of gilded copper sheet by the well-known goldsmith Juraj Immerwohl.
They were placed at the bottom of the sculpture. At the top of the column is a sculpture of the Virgin Mary. In the 19th century, during repairs, they were removed from the sculpture and first stored in the Archives of the City of Košice and later became part of the collections of the East Slovak Museum. On the pillars of the fence are sculptures of St. Gabriela, vol. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Margity, St. Michael the Archangel and St. Barbora, which was placed here in 1909. The sculptures were made by sculptor Leopold Hild. During the Second World War, the sculpture was damaged and in the years 1971 - 1972 it was restored by the renowned academic sculptor V. Loffler. Further reconstruction took place between 1996 and 1998. Much of the original work was replaced by copies. The author of the copies of the rare reliefs is the academic sculptor Stanislav Kožela. Copies were installed with the support of a grant from the VUB Bank Foundation.
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