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Enormous astronomical clock dating from 1464. Its complex dials show the time and date, phases of the moon, the position of the moon and sun in relation to the zodiac signs, and the calendar of saints.
Adam and Eve ring the bell on the hour, and at noon a procession appears that features Adam and Eve alongside the Three Kings, the Apostles, and Death.
Standing 14 metres high, upon completion the clock was the largest in the world, and it may remain the largest wooden astronomical clock. According to legend, the clock's creator had his eyes gouged out so he'd never make a clock better than this one.
St. Mary's Church (Bazylika Mariacka), Gdansk, Poland - largest brick church in the world.
Downtown Brattleboro VT, was just there this afternoon & snapped a pic:
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