The Art Nouveau Anchor Clock built between 1911 and 1917, forms a bridge between two buildings in Hoher Markt, Vienna's oldest square.
The clock itself is adorned with mosaic ornament and in the course of 12 hours, twelve historical figures or pairs of figures move across the bridge amount them Joseph Haydn, medieval lyricist Walther von der Vogelweide, Empress maria Theresa and Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Every day at noon, all figures parade accompanied by music from the various eras.
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