Prague City Hall to replace “botched” copy of Mánes calendar on Prague’s astronomical clock

Prague City Hall has announced plans to replace the “botched” copy of the Mánes calendar installed during the 2018 reconstruction of Prague’s famous astronomical clock. The city hall, which supervised the reconstruction work, came under fire after members from the Club for Old Prague pointed out that the copy of the calendar deviated significantly from Mánes‘ original and that some of the figures on the calendar were dramatically different, with a distinct modern slant. No one was penalized for the botched copy which has drawn widespread criticism. The original version of the calendar was created in 1866 by the renowned Czech painter Josef Mánes.