Olomouc Astronomical Clock

communist-remodeled astronomical clock with workers instead of saints

One of the stranger sights in the Czech Republic. There was an astronomical clock here since the 15th century, but after World War II the original figures were replaced with socialist-realist workers and peasants — farmers, scientists, sportsmen — instead of saints. It's the only such clock in the world to have been given the full communist makeover, and it's genuinely peculiar. The clock performs at noon each day.

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