The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000, one of the rare instances where a piece of Baroque urban sculpture — rather than a building or site — earned the designation outright. Constructed between 1716 and 1754, it is the largest such column in Central Europe, conceived partly as a votive monument following a plague epidemic and completed decades after its principal patron, Václav Render, had died bankrupt from funding it.
Niue's platinum bullion program has issued a rotating series of UNESCO World Heritage subjects, with this entry among the less frequently encountered given platinum's comparatively limited collector mintages.
The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000, one of the rare instances where a piece of Baroque urban sculpture — rather than a building or site — earned the designation outright. Constructed between 1716 and 1754, it is the largest such column in Central Europe, conceived partly as a votive monument following a plague epidemic and completed decades after its principal patron, Václav Render, had died bankrupt from funding it.
Niue's platinum bullion program has issued a rotating series of UNESCO World Heritage subjects, with this entry among the less frequently encountered given platinum's comparatively limited collector mintages.