04-30-2011, 11:04 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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The Prague Orloj
Astrological Clock by ~ margolia ( Margot from USA)
author's comments:
Astrological clock on the Old Town Hall in Prague. Shows time, astrological sign, position of planets, and was constructed in 1410.
Legend says that after the clock was completed, those who commissioned the clock gouged the clockmaker's eyes out -- to ensure that there would never be another like it. I don't know about that... but I've never seen the like!
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