Historical landmark
Annasäule
Red-marble Corinthian column crowned by a Baroque Virgin, with saints at its base marking a war's end.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Annasaule in Innsbruck follows the column's raw material as much as its history: red marble hauled by ox cart and barge fifty kilometers from the quarry village of Kramsach, carved into a Baroque monument by the Trentino sculptor Cristoforo Benedetti after Tyrolean forces expelled Bavarian and French troops in seventeen oh three. It also follows what happened to that marble afterward, as Innsbruck weather worked on the saints in the square over the centuries. Listen for what the column in front of you is actually made of today.
This audio guide was created using AI.