Bronze clock designed by Czech modernist sculptor Bohumil Kafka (1925) in the Adria Palace (Palác Adria) in Nové Město (New Town) in Prague, Czech Republic. Bronze statues around the clock represent the day and night (two female figures) and the Zodiac signs. The building designed by Czech modernist architects Josef Zasche and Pavel Janák was built from 1923 to 1924 for the Italian insurance company Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà (RAS).


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Photo credit: © Azoor Prague Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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