Town Hall Astronomical Clock in Prague

On the Town Hall building is the Astronomical Clock (also known as the "Orloj").

The Orloj is made up of an astronomical dial (which represents the Sun's and Moon's positions), a set of animated Apostle figures (called the "The Walk of the Apostles"), and a calendar dial (which represents the months).

According to www.praguearchitecture.com/Building/100/Astronomical_Cloc...: "At the top of each hour, the clock puts on a show. On the right, a skeleton representing death turns over an hourglass held in one hand. With the other hand he pulls a rope and the doors over the main clock face open revealing a procession of mechanical apostles led by Saint Paul. A rooster crows and the figure of a Turk (representing lust), a figure representing Vanity, and a moneylender (representing greed) animate."

Neat!

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