Old Town Hall, Bratislava (by Kateryna)
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Fire in the Old Town Hall in Amsterdam and The Ruins of the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam after the Fire of 7 July 1652 by Jan Abrahamsz. Beerstraten
Dutch, 1652-1666
chalk on paper, oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum
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up the Tower, you know, the Tower.
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ART NOUVEAU - Gold Chamber (Old Town Hall) Bremen, GERMANY
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Staroměstská radnice or the Old Town Hall in Prague.
Its use as a town hall started in 1338. Architecturally, it is unusual, due to the different buildings it consists of. The tower was completed in 1364.
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Castle? Naw it’s the old town hall. Shot by and captured by D.M.Bey aka iAmDejure. All rights reserved
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The Prague astronomical clock is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest clock still in operation.
The clock mechanism has three main components – the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; statues of various Catholic saints stand on either side of the clock; "The Walk of the Apostles", an hourly show of moving Apostle figures and other sculptures, notably a figure of a skeleton that represents Death, striking the time; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months. According to local legend, the city will suffer if the clock is neglected and its good operation is placed in jeopardy; a ghost, mounted on the clock, was supposed to nod its head in confirmation. According to the legend, the only hope was represented by a boy born on New Year's night.
Prague astronomical clock
Old Town Hall
Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
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Detail of the 13th-century medieval Town Hall in Hildesheim. It got destroyed during WW2, this little wooden corner wasn't rebuilt.
German vintage postcard
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an actual heroic boomer trait is when they are faced with a major mega corporation that doesn't care for its consumers, these old folks literally mobilize and band together to start writing letters appealing to congress holding town halls to run the chain stores out of their town threatening legal action and screaming to whoever will listen. no it's not being a "karen" when your opponent has more money than god, it's looking out for your community. young people need to start fucking standing up to giant corporate entities too.
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Comillas, Spain (No. 7)
Tradition has it, in the sixteenth century, that the temple where the cemetery is currently located (old Gothic church) was abandoned by the population after a mishap raised during the high mass of a Sunday between several neighbors and the administrator of the Duke of the Infantado, for the cession of some seats reserved for the feudatories of these lands. Some facts that were the continuation of the confrontation and weariness of the people against the Duke of the Infantado, tired of suffering the oppression and continuous contempt of said duke these are already openly rebelling against the administrator, the Duke and the parish priest. All at one the parishioners swore never to set foot in the church again and decided to leave it, which resulted in a "lawsuit" between the Duke and the Church on one side and the People on the other. The Church, feeling insulted, ordered the people of Comillas to be punished with excommunication and interdicted, which is why for about a year they could not receive the Holy Sacraments, until the intervention of the alderman of the town, under oath, agreed with his neighbors to build a new temple in which there would be no privileges if their sentence was lifted, to which the Church agreed asking for forgiveness, that as a sign of penance the nobles and pecheros of the municipality went to church on a Sunday in procession dressed only in jubones, naked from the waist up but with noose and with coroza, while the crier declares his crimes.
Construction of the new parish began twenty-five years later. During this time, religious services were held in the hermitage of San Juan, located in the place occupied by the building of the Casa de la Villa, today a tourist interpretation center.
Source: Wikipedia
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