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St Mark's Clocktower

The Clocktower: the Moors at the top, the starred Lion, the Madonna, the astronomical dial and the great arch of the Merceria
The Clocktower: the Moors at the top, the starred Lion, the Madonna, the astronomical dial and the great arch of the Merceria Photo: Adriano, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

In 1493 the Senate of the Serenissima decided that Venice deserved a new clock: the old one, in a niche of the Basilica, did not even have a dial and the hours could only be told by ear, through the strokes of the bell.

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