Brno astronomical clock
Brno astronomical clock
Brno astronomical clock being serviced in 2020
Brno astronomical clock (Czech: Brněnský orloj) is a black stone monument in Brno, Czech Republic. It is situated at , the main square in the Brno City Centre. The monument was proposed by Oldřich Rujbr and Petr Kameník. Every day at 11:00 it releases a glass marble, which the spectators can catch from one of four openings in the monument and they can take it with them as a souvenir. Although the monument is publicly known as an astronomical clock (orloj), it is only a clock. Construction of the clock took three years, at a cost of approximately 12 million CZK.[1]
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- ^ "Brno's new clock provokes colourful reactions". Radio Prague. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
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Coordinates: 49°11′41.24″N 16°36′30.88″E / 49.1947889°N 16.6085778°E
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