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===Czech Republic=== {{Category see also|Astronomical clocks in the Czech Republic}} * [[Prague]]. The [[Prague astronomical clock]] at the Old Town Hall is one of the most famous astronomical clocks. The central section was completed in 1410, the calendar dial was added in 1490. The clock was renovated after damage during [[World War II]], and in 1979. On the hour, Death strikes the time, and the twelve apostles appear at the doors above the clock. * [[Olomouc]]. The [[Olomouc astronomical clock]] at the Town Hall is a rare example of a [[heliocentric system|heliocentric]] astronomical clock. Dated 1422 by legend, but first mentioned in history in 1517, the clock was remodelled approximately once every century; in 1898 the astrolabe was replaced with a heliocentric model of the solar system. Badly damaged by the retreating German army in 1945, the clock was remodelled in [[socialist realism]] style in 1955, under the Communist government. The religious and royal figures were replaced with athletes, workers, farmers, scientists, and other members of the proletariat. * [[Litomyšl]]. The tower of the Old Town Hall has an art nouveau astronomical clock, installed in 1907.<ref>{{cite web|website=Czech Tourism|title=Litomyšl astronomical clock|url=https://www.czechtourism.com/a/litomysl-astronomical-clock/|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> * [[Prostějov]]. 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 dial showing the 24-hour time, the date and zodiac, and the moon phase, and a star map dial with a dragon hand, and indicates the time of sunrise and sunset.<ref>{{cite web|title=Orloj Šumava Hojsova Stráž|url=http://www.orloj-sumava-hojsovastraz.cz/en_GB/|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref> * [[Třebíč]]. At the Třebíč Astronomical Observatory, a modern astronomical clock which shows the time in world cities, the time of sunrise and sunset, the date and zodiac, and the orbits of the planets. * [[Žatec]]. The {{Interlanguage link|Temple to Hops and Beer|cs|Chrám chmele a piva}}, a museum and amusement complex dedicated to beer, has an astronomical clock on which the zodiac indication illustrates the annual processes of beer production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zamek-steknik.cz/en/tipy-na-vylet/37221-about-hop-and-beer-temple-in-zatec|website=zamek-steknik.cz|title=About Hop and Beer temple in Žatec|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" style="text-align:left"> File:Astronomical Clock (8341899828).jpg|[[Prague astronomical clock]] File:Olomouc Astronomical Clock.jpg|[[Olomouc astronomical clock]] File:Radnice Nová (Prostějov), hodiny.JPG|[[Prostějov]] clock File:Krystofovo-Udoli-Orloj.jpg|[[Kryštofovo Údolí astronomical clock]] File:Orloj Šumava.jpg|[[Hojsova Stráž]] clock File:8 Chmelovy orloj www.fotospoust.cz.jpg|[[Žatec]] clock </gallery>
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