Photo: Technologie hlavního města Prahy
A replica of a famous clock tower that used to stand outside Prague’s Florenc metro station for nearly four decades has returned to its former location. The original steel structure from the mid-1980s had degraded beyond repair due to extensive corrosion and had to be removed in 2020.
The clock tower, called Radio Clock, designed by academic sculptor Rudolf Svoboda in 1985, shows the time in a number of ways, including a world time board indicating time in ten world capitals, says art curator Agáta Hošnová from the Prague City Gallery:
“It’s a 12-meters-long vertical sculpture that carries a round clock of very simple design. The clock is embedded in one of the two vertical towers that are kind of reaching towards the sky.
“What I think is the most interesting element of the sculpture is situated in its lower part. It’s an old analogue flip clock that shows different real times from around the world.”
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Author: Ruth Fraňková