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  2. Prague astronomical clock - Wikipedia

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    The clock tower on a Christmas night. At the outer edge of the clock, golden Schwabacher numerals are set on a black background. These numbers indicate Old Czech Time (or Italian hours), with 24 indicating the time of sunset, which varies during the year from as early as 16:00 in winter to 20:16 in summer. This ring moves back and forth during ...

  3. Old Town Square - Wikipedia

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    Prague Orloj is a medieval astronomical clock mounted on the Old Town Hall. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still in operation. The tower of the Old Town Hall is open to the public and offers panoramic views of the Old Town.

  4. List of clock towers - Wikipedia

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    A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...

  5. List of tallest clock towers - Wikipedia

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    Clock tower formerly part of railway terminus now a freestanding tower [108] [109] 84: Albert Memorial Clock Tower: 43 m (141 ft) 4: Yes: 1869: Freestanding Tower: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: Belfast: Height disputed in sources between 43 m (141 ft) and 34.5 m (113 ft) [110] If the greater height 13th tallest freestanding clock tower [111] 85

  6. PetÅ™ín Lookout Tower - Wikipedia

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    PetÅ™ín Hill with the lookout tower. The PetÅ™ín Lookout Tower (Czech: PetÅ™ínská rozhledna) is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres (208 ft) tall on PetÅ™ín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today the tower is a major tourist attraction.

  7. List of largest clock faces - Wikipedia

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    Clock tower: USA: Minneapolis: Largest four-face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is 105 m (344 ft). Minute hands are 4.3 m (14 ft) [26] 35: Elizabeth Tower: 7 m (23 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: London: Clock tower is 96 m (315 ft) tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest ...

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