시계탑 (Clock Tower. Torre dell'Orologio). 베네치아(Venezia. Venice)

시계탑 (Clock Tower. Torre dell'Orologio).

베네치아(Venezia. Venice). 이탈리아(Italy)

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Clock Tower. Torre dell'Orologio

1496-1506

This is one of the most significant Renaissance buildings in Venice. The central part was designed in 1496 by Mauro Codussi and houses the clock (whose face shows the phased of the moon and sun as well as the signs of the zodiac). Also adorned with a Lion of St. Mark and a niche for a statue of the Madonna, this part of the structure is surmounted by the famous Two Moors Bell The side wings were added in 1506, and then raised higher in 1755 (to designs by the architect Giorgio Massari). The clock tower can be visited by appointment

(info: www.museiciviciveneziani.it)

 

 

Moor with the Bell

 

 

South clock face to the St. Mark’s Square

This clock face comprises: a fixed marble circle inscribed with the hours in Roman numerals; a mobile larger ring, bearing the signs of the Zodiac and the related constellations, the names of the months and the number of the days; a thinner ring bearing the hour hand in the form of a sun with a long ray; and an inner disk with the Earth (at the centre) and the Moon, which rotates on its axis to represent its various phases. The clock face as it appears nowadays is the result of a simplification of the late 15th century original, which also had the planets laid out according to the Ptolemaic system, each with its own ring so that it could rotate independently. The moving rings are in wood faced with stout sheets of copper enamelled in blue, with the numbers and the stars in gilded embossed copper; the signs of the Zodiac are particularly well-crafted and date from the original clock face. With the passage of days and months, the different speeds of the rings mean that the symbols of the sun and moon enter into the various constellations of the Zodiac.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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