Clock on Jewish Town Hall, Prague, Czech Republic

Clock on the Jewish Town Hall or zidovska radnice with Hebrew numerals, which are the same as letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew numerals begin with aleph and continue counterclockwise around the clock dial. The Jewish Town Hall was built next to the Old New Synagogue on the corner of Maiselova and Cervena Ulice in 1586 in Renaissance style under the sponsorship of Mayor Mordechai Maisel, with a Rococo facade added in the 18th century, in the Josefov or Jewish quarter of Prague, Czech Republic. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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