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The column, 29 meters high, was built between 1666 and 1681 as a sign of gratitude to St. Oronzo. It was strongly desired by the citizens, as an ex-voto after the fatal epidemic plague that had struck the city ten years earlier. The Baroque architect Giuseppe Zimbalo reused the African Cipollino marble shaft of the ancient column which, together with its twin, marked the end of the ancient 'Via Appia' near the port of Brindisi. At its top was placed the bronze effigy of the saint which, destroyed by a fire, was rebuilt in Venice in 1739.
December 5, 2020
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