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Dolmabahçe Clock Tower (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Saat Kulesi) is a clock tower situated outside Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. The tower was ordered by Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II (1842–1918) and designed by the court architect Sarkis Balyan between 1890 and 1895.
The clock tower was added to Dolmabahçe Palace, and stands in front of its Treasury Gate on a square along the European waterfront of Bosphorus next to Dolmabahçe Mosque. Designed in Ottoman neo-baroque style, the four-sided, four-story tower stands on a floor area of 8.5 × 8.5 m (28 × 28 ft) at a height of 27 m (89 ft). Its clock was manufactured by the renowned French clockmaker house of Jean-Paul Garnier, and installed by the court clock master Johann Mayer. In 1979, the original mechanical clock was converted partly to an electrical one. On two opposite sides of the tower, the tughra of Sultan Abdul Hamid II is put on
Taken in 2006.
The clock atop Boston's old Custom House tower. (The Grain Exchange Building is in the foreground.)
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After all the finals hysteria, I think I have a little time in my hands to post more 365 photos... =S yes I've been absent A LOT! ... but... I promise to keep it updated as posible =D
PS: the clock in the photo is real...
wait!!.. Thenari and I suddently realize that one of his photos and this photo of mine kida look a like.. or as they were from a serie!... Look! ...what do you think?
The Earl Layman Street Clock is incumbently installed at First Avenue South and South Main Street in the historical Pioneer Square district of Seattle. It was commissioned in 1907 by Young’s Credit Jewelers, and was installed during 1922 in front of their Third Avenue and Seneca Street store.
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Voigtländer Nokton VM 21mm f/1.4 ASPH + Fujifilm X-T2 GS.
We arrived at Hauptkirche Sankt Michaelis a bit too early before their opening time, luckily for me, Michiel is very good in finding nearby places to explore. We ended up visiting the Kramer-Witwen-Wohnung (Grocer Widow's apartment) museum.
Partial and edited quote from their web site:
shmh.de/en/kramer-widows-apartment
"The „Krameramt“ was the Guild of the Shopkeepers, whose statutes date back to 1375. They had their permanent stalls or shops in the city and traded mainly in spices, silk and iron wares.
In 1676 the wealthy guild built these houses to provide room for the widows of its members. The guild’s aim was to re-accommodate the widows and hence to vacate premises for new members in the shops. A plaque on the wall facing the land gives the date of construction as 1676 and indicates that the houses were a charitable foundation.
The living area of each widow is divided in two storeys. There is a small living-room with a kitchen on the ground floor. The upper floor consists of a living-room with sewing table and a sleeping accommodation. On the top floor is a drying loft with a clotheshorse attached to the outside of the window facing the lane. Furthermore, the loft was needed for the supply with wood and carbon. Water pipes were not installed until the end of the 19th century. In the previous time they used two water pumps.
By today's standard this apartment appears tiny, with minimal space and amenities but according to the circumstances at this time it was a quite comfortable and progressive arrangement.
Fits the criteria for the Smile on Saturday challenge - always easy to tell the time on Rochester High Street with our super-sized clock. And as a bonus there is a row of chimney pots in the background.
Happy Smile on Saturday - think I've "captured the C"
An old time clock complete with time cards in an old abandoned manufacturing plant. How many of you can remember punching a card before and after shift? I can, back in the '70s. There were no computers or smartphones back then.
A southbound Jubilee line train accelerates away from St John's Wood passing the station clock. A similar timepiece is on the northbound platform.
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I replaced the old clock in the master bath with this rustic one.
I think it fits in the house much better than the old one did.
Christian Ackermann
Last quarter of the seventeenth century.
Church of the Holy Spirit
Tallinn, Estonia
Christian Ackermann was born in Königsberg. He worked in Riga, Stockholm, and Gdańsk, before becoming active in Tallinn from about 1672 until his death in 1710. In 1675, Ackermann moved to Tallinn and acquired his own workshop. He probably died either in 1710 or a short time later from plague.
Christian Ackermann was one of the greatest masters of the Baroque style in Estonia. He brought strong Central European influences to Northeast Europe, in particular the motifs of the Baroque and masterful Acanthus ornaments.
During my walkabout in downtown Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, I saw this town clock on Achterstraat (Back Street).
The Clock Tower of Cardiff Castle from Bute Park. Looking particularly fine since it's recent restoration during which it made the news when someone climbed the scaffolding to steal the clock hands!
Designed by the Gothic Revival architect William Burges.
This Lego clock tower modular is inspired by Prague Astronomical Clock in Prague, Czech Republic. Besides the clock tower there are also three small houses. Total width of all buildings is 48 studs and about 4100 bricks were used. Computer rendering but only existing bricks were used.
The Clock Tower of Sighișoara was a town hall and a prison. The following engraving was found near the Torture Chamber's window: "Morgen werde ich..." ("Tomorrow I will..."), which might be a prisoner's last message, on his last day alive.
Prague's astronomical clock is the third oldest astronomical clock in the world and the only one still working. Decorating the facade of the Old Town Hall in Prague's Old Town Square, the clock dates back to 1410. The top portion of the clock tells time as well as the position of the sun and moon. The bottom portion was added 80 years after the original clock and serves as a calendar. There are also several figures decorating the clock; a skeleton representing Death strikes the time each hour - eerily my favorite part of the clock~!
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