The painted calendar and Astronomical Clock housed in the tower of the Old Town Hall on Prague s Old Town Square Staromestske nam The clock was built in 1490 by Master Hanus the calendar below was built by Josef Manes in 1866 The clock has earth in the middle of the universe and was created to show the presumed rotation of the sun and moon around the earth It also shows the movement of the sun and moon in relation to the signs of the zodiac The calendar below has symbolic pictures of the months of the year


The painted calendar and Astronomical Clock housed in the tower of the Old Town Hall on Prague s Old Town Square Staromestske nam The clock was built in 1490 by Master Hanus the calendar below was built by Josef Manes in 1866 The clock has earth in the middle of the universe and was created to show the presumed rotation of the sun and moon around the earth It also shows the movement of the sun and moon in relation to the signs of the zodiac The calendar below has symbolic pictures of the months of the year


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