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This is one of the most fascinating historical sites on my bucket list of travel.
The Prague “Orloj” is one of Europe’s oldest, still-functioning clocks, and the coolest thing about it is that it is not only an astronomical clock (indicating sunrise, sunset, etc), but it is also an astrological clock as well!
It was completed circa 1410, and has been faithfully maintained ever since, thanks to legends about disaster befalling the city should it ever be neglected. Rumor has it, the original builder was blinded after he completed its construction so that its secrets could not be replicated, and thus, many of its functioning parts remain a mystery.
Other neat features include a variety of wooden sculptures of Catholic saints, the hourly “Walk of the Apostles,” and Death who strikes the time.
For my art, I wanted to try my hand at a more impressionistic style. I sketched first in pencil, then worked with the watercolor pencils, and lastly finished up with my trusty fountain pen (a Pilot Metropolitan, for the curious).