Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, stores a copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Petr Vana, Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Czech sculptor Petr Vana, author of the Marian column replica, stores a copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

Blessing of a replica of the Marian column in Prague

A copy of the panel painting of the so-called Virgin Mary Rynecka was stored to a revived Virgin Mary column, a replica of the original 17th-century baroque artifact that was demolished by a mob in 1918, in Prague, Czech Republic, August 15, 2020. The Marian column returned to Old Town Square in Prague centre after 102 years. The Virgin Mary Column was erected in Old Town Square in 1650 and consecrated two years later as a symbol of the Catholic Church's victory in the Czech Lands. The column was pulled down by an angry mob in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian (Habsburg) Monarchy and the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)