Holy Trinity column, Holy Trinity column in the Castle District, Budapest, Hungary
The Holy Trinity column is a Baroque limestone monument that stands in front of Matthias Church in the Castle District. It features religious statues and detailed relief carvings that depict various sacred scenes throughout its structure.
In 1691 the citizens of Buda vowed a Trinity statue during a plague; the first was erected in 1706, but after a new epidemic in 1709 they pledged a larger one. In 1712 the first statue was moved to today's Zsigmond tér, and in 1713 sculptors Ungleich Fülöp and Hörger Antal completed the 14.4 m Baroque column. Damaged in the 1945 siege, its reliefs and statues went to the Kiscelli Museum and were replaced by Búza Barna's reconstructions; the top Trinity group is original.
The column displays representations of saints, angels, and the Holy Trinity that held deep religious meaning for the city. You can walk around and observe how these different figures are positioned on the monument.
The monument stands on a central plaza in the Castle District and is easy to reach on foot. The area is well served by public transportation, and the site is freely accessible at any time.
The column's crowning Holy Trinity group is the only original sculpture left in place; the rest were moved to the Kiscelli Museum after the 1945 siege and replaced by Barna Búza's reconstructions. Around the shaft stand six angels and nine saints in three groups, among them Saint Roch, protector of plague sufferers and of the stonemasons' guild, and Saint Christopher, patron of travellers.
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