St. Anne's Column (german: Annasäule) stands in the city centre of

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

on '' Maria-Theresien-Straße''. It was given its name when, in 1703, the last Bavarian troops were driven from the Tyrol on St. Anne's Day (26 July), as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1704, in gratitude, the '' Landstände'' vowed to build a monument commemorating the event. The column was made by Trient sculptor, Cristoforo Benedetti, from red Kramsach marble. On the base are four statues of saints: * in the north,

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

, the mother of the

Blessed Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

* in the west, Cassian, patron saint of the

Diocese of Bozen-Brixen The Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen (german: Diözese Bozen-Brixen, it, Diocesi di Bolzano-Bressanone, la, Dioecesis Bauzanensis-Brixinensis) is a Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with its seat in the city of Bolzano. Its territory corresponds wit ...

. * in the east,

Vigilius Vigilius may refer to: * Pope Vigilius (died 555), Pope 537-555 * Vigilius of Trent (-405), bishop, martyr and saint ** Church of Saint Vigilius of Trent (Pinzolo) * Vigilius of Thapsus, 5th-century bishop and writer * Vigilius Eriksen (1722-1782), ...

, patron saint of the Diocese of Trient. * in the south, Saint George, patron saint of the Tyrol. Towering above these four statues is the column with its statue of Mary as the Woman of the Apocalypse, raising 42 meters (137 feet) from the street. The column was consecrated on 26 July 1706 by Prince-Bishop Kaspar Ignaz, Count of Künigl. It has been restored several times over the centuries. In 1958, mainly for conservation reasons, the figure of Mary was replaced by a replica and the original was loaned to the Abbey of St. Georgenberg-Fiecht, where it has been placed in a side chapel of the abbey church of Fiecht (near Schwaz) above Saint Mary's altar. On 10 October 2009 the figures of saints on the base of the monument were also substituted; the originals are now on the first floor of the Altes Landhaus in Innsbruck. File:Innsbruck Annasäule detail St. Anne.jpg, St. Anna File:2014-05-31 Innsbruck, Annasäule 1156.jpg, Statue of Mary,
since 1958 File:Fiecht Kirche Madonnenstatue (Cristoforo Benedetti 1706).jpg, Original statue of Mary by Benedetti, 1706 file:2697 - Innsbruck - Annasäule.JPG, St. Anne's Column from the south. Behind: the Nordkette mountain chain File:Innsbruck Annasäule detail (from left) Ss. Cassian of Imola, George, Vigilius of Trent - viewn from c.South.jpg, From the south (from left to right): St. Cassian, St. George, St. Vigilius

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