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The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː orloj]) is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest clock still in operation. [1] [2]
The astronomical clock in the tower of the New Town Hall was installed in 1910. Kryštofovo Údolí. The Kryštofovo Údolí astronomical clock is a modern astronomical clock (inaugurated in 2008), built-in a former electrical substation. Hojsova Stráž. An astronomical clock in the Bohemian Forest was inaugurated in 2017. It has a concentric ...
The first clock was built in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg sometime between 1352-1354, the name of its maker is unknown. [3]The first, a mechanical gilded rooster, sat as the centerpiece and is believed to be the oldest example of automata in the world. [4]
Standing 14 metres (46 ft) high, upon completion the clock was the largest in the world, [4] and it may remain the largest wooden astronomical clock. During the World War II, in 1944, the clock was dismantled and hidden outside of Gdańsk.
The Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio was a complex astronomical clock built between 1348 and 1364 in Padova, Italy, by the doctor and clock-maker Giovanni Dondi dall'Orologio. The Astrarium had seven faces and 107 moving parts; it showed the positions of the sun, the moon and the five planets then known, as well as religious feast days.
The clock is one of the group of famous 14th– to 16th–century astronomical clocks to be found in the West of England. The surviving mechanism, dated to between 1386 and 1392, was replaced in the 19th century, and was eventually moved to the Science Museum in London, where it continues to operate. [ 1 ]
The dial was a concentric-ring astronomical clock similar to the clock of the Torre dell'Orologio, Padua of 1434, rather than the astrolabe type with offset zodiac dial, as found at Prague. The 24 hours of the day were marked, in Roman numerals, around the edge, with I at the right-hand side, and marked Italian hours.
The Bourges astronomical clock is an astronomical clock in Bourges Cathedral in Bourges, France.. The clock was designed by Jean Fusoris and installed in November 1424. It was given by Charles VII (the "Little King of Bourges" – at this point of the Hundred Years' War, Charles VII ruled only a small area around his court at Bourges, with Henry VI of England recognised as King of England and ...