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Remembering the Plague (Recordando a Peste Negra) monument in Vienna.
This statue is a memorial for all the people that died from the Plague that hit in 1679 killing between 75,000 and 150,000 residents of Vienna, Austria. The Pestsaule or better known as the Plauge Monument or Statue is located about halfway along the Graben in Vienna, Austria.
The bubonic plague that crippled the city of Vienna was believed to be caused by fleas that were closely related to the black rat and other species of rodents. Vienna was overcrowded with no drainage systems, piles of garbage were littered everywhere and warehouses were full of rats. At one time, Vienna was known as incredibly dirty and not fit for anyone to be living there and then the plague hit the city with vengeance
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