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{{Short description|Medieval astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall building in Prague, Czech Republic}}

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The '''Prague astronomical clock''' or '''Prague Orloj''' ({{Lang-cs|Pražský orloj}} {{IPA-|cs|praʃskiː orloj|}}) is a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[astronomical clock]] attached to the [[Old Town Hall (Prague)|Old Town Hall]] in [[Prague]], the capital of the [[Czech Republic]].

The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest clock still in operation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jeho prapradědeček oživil orloj, on v tradici pokračuje |url=https://zpravy.idnes.cz/jeho-prapradedecek-ozivil-orloj-on-v-tradici-pokracuje-p18-/domaci.aspx?c=A071001_094434_praha_itu |work=iDNES.cz |date=1 October 2007}}</ref><ref name=teleuk-605th-doodle />

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=== 605th anniversary ===

On its 605th anniversary, 9 October 2015, the Orloj appeared on the Google home page as a [[Google Doodle]].<ref name=teleuk-605th-doodle>{{Cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Rhiannon |title=Prague astronomical clock, the oldest of its kind, is 605 years old |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/google-doodle/11919530/Prague-astronomical-clock-the-oldest-of-its-kind-is-605-years-old.html |access-date=9 October 2015 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=9 October 2015 |location=UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwwdoodles.google.com/doodlesdoodle/605th-anniversary-of-prague-astronomical-clock/|title=605th Anniversary of Prague astronomical clock|work=google.com}}</ref>

=== 2018 reconstruction ===

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=== Other sources ===

* {{Cite book |last=Horský |first=Zdeněk |title=Pražský orloj |publisher=Panorama |date=1988 |language=cs |location=Prague }}

* {{Citecite book | last=Malina | first=Jakub | title=The Prague Horloge&nbsp;–Horologe: A Guide to the History and Esoteric Concept of the Astronomical Clock in Prague, Series:| series=Esoteric Prague |publisher=Eminent |date=2005 |location isbn=Prague978-80-7281-204-2}}

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