Photo: Pestsaule Statue Graben Square Vienna Austria
In the center of Graben Square in Vienna, Austria, the sixty-nine foot Pestsaule statue is proudly displayed for all to see.
Wandering through Graben Square in downtown Vienna, Austria, there is a statue called the Pestsaule which represents all the people who died from the Plague. The bubonic plague hit Vienna, Austria in 1679 taking the lives of between 75,000 and 150,000.After the horrible disease finally passed, which was believed to have started from fleas from the massive amount of rats and rodents which crowded the streets of Vienna, a statue was in the workings. Nine years was spent creating this statue and in 1693, the Pestsaule was erected in Graben Square in Vienna, Austria.Today, many visitors to Graben Square in Vienna, snap pictures of this famous statue.Statue Pestsaule in the Graben Square in downtown Vienna, Austria, Europe
Pestsaule Statue Graben Square Vienna Austria
Square in Vienna, Austria in Europe.
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I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, aperture of f/7.1, exposure time of 1/200 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 24mm.
In the center of Graben Square in Vienna, Austria, the sixty-nine foot Pestsaule statue is proudly displayed for all to see.
