Annasäule
Maria-Theresien-Str.
6020 Innsbruck
Austria

In the middle of Maria-Theresien Street you´ll see St Anne´s Column, a much photographed attraction. A statue of the Virgin Mary stands on a crescent moon atop this Corinthian column of red marble. It has statues of Saints Cassianus, Virgilius, George, and Anna surrounding the base. The column was erected in 1706 to celebrate the withdrawal, on St Anne´s day (July 26) in 1703, of invading Bavarian armies during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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