Náměstí Svornosti
Baroque plague column ringed by a hexagonal stone fountain rebuilt around it a century after its carving.
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This guide to Namesti Svornosti, Cesky Krumlov's main square, opens with a mismatch: the town paid to build the fountain around you in 1843, yet the saints rising from its center look far older. It traces the square's water history through a stonedresser named Josef Hauber, a Prague sculptor's carved figures, and town council water rules dating to 1388. Along the way it name-checks the Schwarzenbergs and a plague that once swept through the town. See how many centuries you can spot layered into one basin.
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