FamxplorStrasbourg Astronomical Clock
What to expect
The Strasbourg Astronomical Clock is a Renaissance masterpiece located in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. It is a result of the combined work of artists, mathematicians, and technicians, including Swiss clockmakers, sculptors, painters, and automaton designers. The clock's main attraction is its animated figures, which come out to delight the public every day at half past noon. During this performance, visitors are treated to views of the different ages of life, personified by a child, a teenager, an adult, and an old man, who all parade past Death. Higher up, the apostles have their own parade, before Christ. Their journey is accompanied by the beating of wings and the sound of a large cock crowing. In front of the Clock, visitors can admire the huge Pillar of Angels, which offers a highly original representation of the Last Judgment. The clock also features a perpetual calendar, an orrery, and a display of the real position of the Sun and the Moon, as well as solar and lunar eclipses
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Activities: We joined a long queue to see the astronomical clock, a historic monument, and learned about its complex workings through a film. We watched as the 12 apostles paraded and the oldest automaton in the West, a rooster, sang
Highlights: The kids were amazed by the clock’s intricate details and the moving figures. They were particularly interested in the Death automaton, which represented one of the four stages of human life ✨