PRAGUE Presentation 3F

parts in the machine. It is a matchless and unique technical relic. Before the end of
the war, the astronomical clock was wounded via a crank, then it was connected
to an electric motor. Big Ben in London works on the same principle. There is a
calendar dial in the lower part of the facade. It shows the day and its position within
a week, a month and a year. A clock was placed at the top of the tower in 1805.
There is a gallery for visitors offering views of the Old Town. The astronomical clock
was repaired and restored in the period between September and November 2005,
with a reconstruction of the clock machinery, the astronomical dial and Mánes’
calendarium. In 2010, the astronomical clock celebrates 600 years. This anniversary
is not bound with a certain date. Veronica Gad
THE OLD TOWN HALL
The Old Town Hall became the center of the autonomy of the Old Town of Prague
in 1338, when King John of Luxemburg granted the bourgeois permission to
establish it.
The eighteenth century brought important changes, in fact the four cities of Prague
were unified and in 1784 the town hall became the seat of the city's unique
administration. From 1871 marriages are celebrated in the town hall. From 1.7.1922
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