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Wild swans arrive in China's Korla to spend winter

STORY: Wild swans arrive in China's Korla to spend winter DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of wild swans wintering in Korla 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TURSUN AHMAD, Leader of the "swan squad" 3. various of wild swans STORYLINE: The number of wild swans spending the winter in Korla, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since this year has reached more than 480. The birds, under second-class national protection, have been spending winters in the city since 2006. Korla has set up a special "swan squad" to monitor the bird's number, feed and offer assistance. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TURSUN AHMAD, Leader of the "swan squad" "Swans like nothing greasy or salty, so we chose to feed them plain naan bread, with no oil, no salt, which are good for their health. We check the number of swans every day. There are over 400 swans today. We ordered 250 pieces of naan for them." With the care, the number of wild swans has been increasing

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

NIIKAPPU, Japan - French artist Gerard Di-Maccio (L) stands in front of his 9-meter-tall oil painting at the Di-Maccio Visionary Art Museum in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu on Aug. 5, 2010. The museum, using buildings of the closed Taiyo Elementary School, opened the same day featuring some 250 pieces of his artwork.

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Thai customs seizes 250 kg of Laos-bound elephant ivory

Photo taken July 6, 2015, shows 250 kilograms of elephant ivory seized by Thai customs officers. The 102 pieces of ivory, worth $300,000 on the black market, were detected by X-ray machines at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, hidden in parcels destined for Laos, the officers said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School-turned-French art museum opens in Hokkaido

NIIKAPPU, Japan - French artist Gerard Di-Maccio (L) stands in front of his 9-meter-tall oil painting at the Di-Maccio Visionary Art Museum in the rural Hokkaido town of Niikappu on Aug. 5, 2010. The museum, using buildings of the closed Taiyo Elementary School, opened the same day featuring some 250 pieces of his artwork. (Kyodo)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square and the Municipal Police info car on that very place since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square and the Municipal Police info car on that very place since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre, Municipal Police info car

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed in their kiosk with a petition in support of the column in the square since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on Sunday, June 16, 2019. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)

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Renewal of Marian column starts in Prague centre

Members of the Association for the Marian Column Revival have stayed since Saturday in Old Town Square in Prague centre where they want to erect a copy of the original 17th-century baroque sculpture destroyed by a mob in 1918. Academic sculptor Petr Vana and his aides started the renewal of the Column of Virgin Mary. Vana, who funded the creation of the column from donated money, transported his artifact in 250 pieces to Prague on the Vltava (Moldau) River on June 11, on the June 17, 219, photo there is moored boat with column pieces. (CTK Photo/Petr Salek)