Staroměstská radnice

This guide to Prague's Old Town Hall tracks two threats to its astronomical clock: the German shelling that set the tower ablaze during the 1945 uprising, and a centuries-old legend about the clockmaker Hanus, said to have been blinded by a jealous city council. You'll hear how historians have picked apart that legend against the real names behind the clock's original construction around 1410. Look up at the parade of apostles as you listen — they are part of a story about who really gets credit for a masterpiece.