Astronomical clock
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Of undoubted interest is the astronomical clock - a complex engineering structure height of 30 m, which combines in its design of Gothic and Renaissance features. They were established in the south transept in 1570 K. The mechanism designed Dazipodius. After the revolution, the clock stopped and stood until 1842, when JB Shvilge, adding to the construction of the planetarium and the church calendar, re-launched the mechanism. Every quarter of an hour is a "small representation": the figures, symbolizing the change of the four ages pass before the figure of Death. Every hour an angel turns the hourglass. In astronomical noon (1230) figures of the Apostles, turning, passing by Jesus, the triple cry of a rooster recalls the denial of Peter. Watch this idea can only be entered (input 1 €, © 11.55-12.40) in the cathedral through the south (the oldest, is decorated with a clock) portal, which is decorated by famous world figures: "The Church" and "synagogue" (copy). North portal of the cathedral is called the Portal of the Magi, he performed in a realistic manner, characteristic of the late Middle Ages.
Quarter of the old buildings, centered around the cathedral, called the Cathedral Quarter. It includes street. Albard - the former ancient Cardo and the former city Decumanus Argentoratuma. Most homes here in the XVIII. Constructed from mined in the Vosges red sandstone.
At the Cathedral Square lived the rich clergy. The most impressive view of the hotel 1to (building number 8). House number 12 is decorated with figures of two women. One holds a lamb, another - a rooster.
In the northern part of Cathedral Square is probably the largest and most beautiful half-timbered building in the city - home Kammertsell decorated with frescoes and wooden sculpture. On the facade of the 75 windows with carved architraves (Bible stories, zodiac signs, the five senses). The angular bearing framed philosophical allegories of virtues: first floor - a group of "Love" (woman, children and the pelican} and the third - a group of "Hope" (woman and phoenix), fourth floor, a group of "Faith" (woman and Griffin).
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