Clock Tower Venice
When a child would misbehave the parent would say i ll show you what time it is and this stems back.
Clock tower venice. 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. This clock tower is more than just a beautiful way to tell time and season. 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. The clock tower in venice is an early renaissance building on the north side of the piazza san marco at the entrance to the merceria it comprises a tower which contains the clock and lower buildings on each side.
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. It s an important disciplinary tool from the venetian days used to scare children into submission. So reliable is the clock that in 1858 it was made the official timekeeper of venice to which every other clock should be set. Mark s clock tower or the moor s clocktower facing into piazza san marco is a.
Commissioned by doge agostino barbarigo in 1493 the glorious torre dell orologio also known as st.