Astronomical clocks

Connected Sites: 20

An astronomical clock is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the sun, moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets.

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  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
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    The Strasbourg Astronomical Clock Is The Third Clock Housed In Strasbourg Cathedral, Following 14th-Century And 16th-Century Predecessors. Constructed By Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué From 1838 To 1843, It Shows Many Astronomical And Calendrical Functions (Including What Is Thought To Be The First Complete Mechanization Of The Computus Needed To Compute Easter) And Several Automata. (Wiki)
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
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    St Mark's
  • Old City of Berne
    Inscribed: 1983
    3.33
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    Zytglogge, With A 15th Century Astronomical Clock
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  • Lyon
    Lyon
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
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    The Lyon Astronomical Clock In Lyon Cathedral Was Constructed In 1661, Replacing A 14th-Century Original. It Has An Astrolabe Dial And A Calendar Dial. (Wiki)
  • Lübeck
    Lübeck
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.17
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    The Astronomical Clock Of St. Mary's Church, Constructed 1561–1566, Was Destroyed In The Bombing Of Lübeck In 1942. The Present Clock Is A Replacement By Paul Behrens, Installed In 1967. (Wiki)
  • Bourges Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1992
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    The Astronomical Clock Of Bourges Cathedral Dates Back To 1424 And Was Made By The Canon And Mathematician Jean Furosis. The Clock Is Made Of A Tower Holding Two Clocks, Painted Red And Decorated With Flowers, Shields And Golden Lines.
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  • Stralsund and Wismar
    Inscribed: 2002
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    From 14th Century In St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund
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  • Dubrovnik
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
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    The Dubrovnik Bell Tower Constructed In 1444 Has Housed A Clock Since Its Creation, Though Due To Earthquake Damage, Both The Tower And The Clock Were Replaced In 1929. A Rotating Moon Ball Shows The Lunar Phase. (Wiki)
  • Chartres Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.42
    351
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    The Chartres Astronomical Clock In Chartres Cathedral Is An Astrolabe Clock, Installed In 1528. It Was Overhauled, Its Mechanism Replaced By An Electric Mechanism, In 2009. (Wiki)
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
    Inscribed: 2008
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    Astronomical Clock Was Installed In 1473 In The Torre Dell'orologio Of The Palazzo Della Ragione. (Wiki)
  • Riga
    Riga
    Latvia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.55
    448
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    The Clock On The Facade Of The House Of The Blackheads Shows The Time, Date, Month, Day Of The Week, And Lunar Phase (Wiki)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
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    The Festraets Studio Is Located In A Building On The Northwest Side Of The Begijnhofplein In The Béguinage Of Sint-Truiden. From 1937 To 1942, Kamiel Festraets Built A Unique Astronomical Compensation Clock, Which Weighs 4 Tons, Is 6 M High, 4 M Long, 2.5 M Wide, And Contains More Than 20,000 Parts. (Wikipedia)
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  • Žatec – Landscape of Hops
    Inscribed: 2023
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    At The Temple Of Hops And Beer, A Tourist Complex With Several Attractions, Including A Lookout Tower And A Small Astronomical Clock. (Wiki)
  • Versailles
    Inscribed: 1979
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    The Passemant Astronomical Clock In The Palace Of Versailles Near Paris Is A Rococo Astronomical Clock Sitting On A Formal Low Marble Base. It Took 12 Years For A Clockmaker And An Engineer To Build And Was Presented To Louis Xv In 1754.
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  • Valletta
    Inscribed: 1980
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    The Clock Of The Grandmaster's Palace, Installed In 1745, Shows The Hour, Date, Month, And Lunar Phase, And Has Bells Struck By Four Jacquemarts (Wiki)
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.83
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    "The Astronomical Clock Of Bourges Cathedral Dates Back To 1424. It Is The Work Of Canon And Mathematician Jean Furosis. The Clock Consists Of A Tower Holding Two Clocks, Painted Red And Decorated With Flowers, Shields And Golden Lines."
    See Frenchmoments.Eu
  • Roskilde Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1995
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    St. George Clock
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  • Prague
    Prague
    Czechia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.27
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    On The Southern Wall Of Old Town Hall In The Old Town Square, Installed In 1410
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  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
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    On The Torre Dell'orologio On The Piazza Dei Signori. The Astronomical Clock Is The Oldest Surviving Machine Of Its Kind In The World And With A Diameter Of 5.6 M, It Is Also One Of The Largest. It Was The First To Be Created In Italy And The Second In The World.
    See It.Wikipedia.Org
  • Maritime Greenwich
    Maritime Greenwich
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.15
    538
    10
    In The Royal Observatory
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