The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is a work of art celebrating the power and glory of the Roman Catholic Church. Its construction started in 1717. The total height is 35 meters.The column is the work of the master stonemason Václav Render, who designed it and mostly paid for it himself. After his death in 1733 he left his fortune to the city of Olomouc. The artist Ondrej Zahner finished his work between 1745 and 1752.The column is the most splendid example of a Baroque column construction cra