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I guess if you want to find out what time it is, no better way than to walk outside on the 17th floor and look up at a giant clockface, right?
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H.G. Wells: Do you still insist that this is all poppycock?
Amy Robbins: That's not the word I had in mind.
--"Time after Time" (1979)
The clocktower known as the Horloge des Hermes in L'Argentière-la-Bessée was completed in 1922 to allow local factory workers to accurately tell the time. It makes for a beautiful landmark against a mountainous backdrop of the Écrins National Park.
I've been wanting to make something Castle for a little while now, and thus, this was born!
Enjoy this clocktower I made, you can for sure expect some more Castle stuff on the way soon too :)
Beautiful doors and windows in a very interesting building on a cobblestone street near the Aachen Cathedral the Aachener Dom , Dom Zu Aachen , West Germany , Martin’s photographs , June 9. 2019
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Clock tower of the Aachen Dom
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Un - und verkauf store
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Domed ceiling
Beautiful stained glass windows
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Arched walk way
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Pillar lined cobble stone street
Star of David
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Penny Farthing bicycle
Rod iron fence
Rod iron gate
A statue
Wiederherstellung des Munsters
brash plaque with diagram of Aachen Cathedral
Monumental brash plaque with diagram
Sign with Fur die Wiederherstellung des Munsters
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A statue of a guard dog at the entrance to the Aachen Cathedral
A statue of a guard dog
a guard dog at the entrance to the Aachen Cathedral
guard dog
Monumental brash plaque with diagram of the Aachen Dom on the ground
Monumental brash plaque with diagram of the Dom
Monumental brash plaque
brash plaque
Cobble stone street
Cobble stone Square
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As was the nature of our trip to Tuscany, we never had very long in any one place. Siena was no different as we arrived at about 5pm and spent about two hours there. Whilst it was a great time to wander round the city and the light was great unfortunately the famous tower and most churches etc were already closed. I'd definitely like to go back some time and spend a few days there.
More photos from Tuscany here : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157714689304067
From Wikipedia : "The Torre del Mangia is a tower in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. Built in 1338-1348, it is located in the Piazza del Campo, Siena's premier square, adjacent to the Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall). When built it was one of the tallest secular towers in medieval Italy. At 102 m, it is second tallest after Cremona's Torrazzo (112 m (367 ft)), the Asinelli tower in Bologna at 97 m being third.
The tower was built to be exactly the same height as the Siena Cathedral as a sign that the church and the state had equal amounts of power. Literally meaning "Tower of the Eater", the name refers to its first bellringer, Giovanni di Balduccio, nicknamed Mangiaguadagni ("Eat-the-profits", that is "Profit eater") either for his spendthrift tendency, idleness or gluttony."
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This pre-dawn view of the clocktower and Bradenton Historic Street Pier was photographed in Bradenton Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
Yet another addition to the steampunk CB Ruins of San Victoria. This time a clocktower which will be placed in the center of the town. A bit tricky to get the stained glass to be stabile but as of now it holds together ok. Hope you like it :)
Duomo Square
New comers to Messina's Piazza Duomo, cannot but admire its fountain, the evocative bell tower and the splendid Norman Cathedral. The Fountain of Orion, created in celebration of the city's first aqueduct, dates from 1500 and was by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli, a collaborator and disciple of Michaelangelo. This splendid classical fountain represents four rivers, the Nile, Tiber, Ebro and the Canaro. The upper cistern is decorated with lines of latin verse, and is crowned with Orion, mythical founder of Messina.
Left of the Duomo the monument to the Immaculate Madonna, originally in another spot but since relocated to the piazza in 1900.
The broad façade of the Duomo dominates the scene; originally commissioned by the Normans, and rebuilt after the Saracens desecrated it. Consecrated by the Swabians, it was embellished and cared for over the centuries, till it was finally destroyed by the devastating earthquake of 1908. Only fragments of the original walls now remain.
Its reconstruction in 1919 was conducted to adhere both to the original Norman model, but with various additions from later periods. Thus Renaissance, Baroque and decorations right up to the 1900's may be admired there. The statues, mosaics and marbles are almost all copies, as the originals were sadly lost.
The distinctive façade, decorated with colored bands, adorned with marble and reliefs of the fourteenth century depicts everyday events of fourteenth century life, from cultivating the fields to domestic living. The three entrances to the cathedral are Gothic.
The upper level of the façade is in bicolored stone.
The interior of the church has been almost completely restored, with earthquakes in mind: the twenty four columns dividing the nave into Isles, are cement, coated in fake marble, designed to sustain the shock of tremors without further serious damage.
The imposing bell tower also constructed in 1900, rises to the left of the Duomo's façade, and for those willing to scale its heights, affords a splendid view from the top.
Every side of the square tower is decorated with a gleaming clock face. Other decorative dials indicate the signs of the zodiac and the annual calendar with golden mechanical figures which move at the striking of midday
This is the North face of the Traverse Area District Library clocktower, as seen after dusk one Fourth of July.
Joch, Pyrénées-Orientales, Southern France
Joch is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
You get good views from the top of the clocktower and it's terraces, both of the Basilica next door and northward over the old city.
Among the many archaeological structures dating back to the Roman era, when Coimbra was the settlement of Aeminium, are its well-preserved aqueduct and cryptoporticus. Similarly, buildings from the period when Coimbra was the capital of Portugal (from 1131 to 1255) still remain. During the Late Middle Ages, with its decline as the political centre of the Kingdom of Portugal, Coimbra began to evolve into a major cultural centre. This was in large part helped by the establishment the University of Coimbra in 1290, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world. Apart from attracting many European and international students, the university is visited by many tourists for its monuments and history. Its historical buildings were classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2013: "Coimbra offers an outstanding example of an integrated university city with a specific urban typology as well as its own ceremonial and cultural traditions that have been kept alive through the ages."