Beautiful Old Prague - This may take some deserved time
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Beautiful Old Prague - This may take some deserved time |
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The Astronomical Clock near the town square |  |
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With revolving disks, celestial symbols, and sweeping hands, this clock keeps several versions of time. Two outer rings show the hour: Bohemian time in Gothic numbers and modern time in 24 Roman numerals. To indicate the times of sunrise and sunset, arcing lines and moving spheres combine with the big hand (a sweeping golden sun) and the little hand (the moon showing various stages). Look for the orbits of the sun and moon as they rise through day (the blue zone) and night (the black zone) |
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| Many of the architectural details are quite beautiful and intricate. Click here to see some of them. |
| When the clock strikes the hour, different characters appear in the windows |  |
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| Here's a link to Prague at night.....and a darker story... |
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