Prague Astronomical Clock
The Prague Astronomical Clock is the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world
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Prague Astronomical Clock
The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still working
Capital of the Czech Republic, Prague is a city rich in history. Among its treasures, its astronomical clock is a special place. Portrait of an exceptional instrument created in 1410.
The complexity of the mechanisms necessary for the proper functioning of astronomical clocks made in the Middle Ages is puzzling. Other highly complex technical achievements have yet before them.
The best example is the Antikythera calculator, which a century before Christ, provided the position of the Sun and the Moon using his thirty bronze gears.
On the astronomical clock in Prague, each new hour begins with a ballet of machines.
Four figures begin to move to either side of the astronomical dial, accompanied by the procession of Apostles before two skylights that open above the dial.
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