Clock Tower Venice
However very few visitors take the opportunity to visit the clock tower or even to look at the second clock on the other side of the building.
Clock tower venice. It s an important disciplinary tool from the venetian days used to scare children into submission. This clock tower is more than just a beautiful way to tell time and season. Commissioned by doge agostino barbarigo in 1493 the glorious torre dell orologio also known as st. The clock tower is one of the most famous architectural landmarks in venice standing over an arch that leads into what is the main shopping street of the city the old merceria discover scopri.
It adjoins the eastern end of the procuratie vecchie both the tower and the clock date from the last decade of the 15th century though the mechanism of the clock has subsequently. St mark s clock is housed in the clock tower on the piazza san marco saint mark s square in venice italy adjoining the procuratie vecchie the first clock housed in the tower was built and installed by gian paolo and gian carlo rainieri father and son between 1496 and 1499 and was one of a number of large public astronomical clocks erected throughout europe during the 14th and 15th. When a child would misbehave the parent would say i ll show you what time it is and this stems back. Mark s clock tower or the moor s clocktower facing into piazza san marco is a.
But such a timepiece symbolic of venice s power and control had to be beautiful and impressive as well as accurate and the clock and its tower are certainly that.