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Astronomical Clock’s Face is going to be repainted

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1559134226788{margin-top: 60px !important;}”][vc_column_text]The main dial of the astronomical clock of the Old Town Square is going to be repainted as experts have said the new look was not as it suppose to be. The clock, including the dial, underwent a major eight-month renovation that ended on September 28, 2018. The repairs cost about 10 million CZK.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

When was it last time Astronomical Clock was repaired?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The main dial of the astronomical clock of the Old Town Square is going to be repainted as experts have said the new look was not as it suppose to be. The clock, including the dial, underwent a major eight-month renovation that ended on September 28, 2018. The repairs cost about 10 million CZK.

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What is special about Astronomical Clock?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In addition to indicating the time, the clock functions as an astrolabe and displays data on the position of the sun and the moon, as well as other astrological data.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Why is it going to be repainted?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Zdislav Šíma from the Institute of Astronomy of the Czech Academy of Sciences has been monitoring the clock for four decades. He said that the face, which now has an airbrushed appearance of dark red to clear, lacks details to properly read the astrolabe. There were clear divisions between darkness and light.

“The astronomical clock is painted unacceptably and needs to be changed,” Šíma told Czech television. “These lines of the astronomical clock mark the exact moments, the limits of certain events. This [new face] probably looks like someone drawing blurry lines on a sundial, “he added.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3”][vc_column_text]

How it was looking like originally?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Some science experts agree that changes to the face were a bad idea. The face, however, has changed several times over the centuries and there is no trace of what it looked like originally[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

When Astronomical Clock will open again?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]City spokesman Tadeáš Provazník said the city had already started repairs and the work would last one month. “There was a bad application of the shaded color. Subsequently, we saw the need to repaint in the light, “he said.

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When Astronomical Clock has been built ?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The astronomical clock was mentioned for the first time in a document in 1410. It was redrawn in 1490 and again in 1552-1572. It underwent a major renovation in 1787-1791, and the rotating apostles were added. Another repair took place in 1865-1866. Other repairs took place in 1912.

Some errors on the astronomical clock face were detected and corrected in 1979. Other repairs took place between 1984 and 1986. This is the third oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest still in operation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”2251″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2253″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row]