Clock Tower (Bar-le-Duc)

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Clock tower in Bar-le-Duc

The clock tower in Bar-le-Duc , a French town in the Meuse department in Lorraine , was originally built in the 12th century as part of the town's fortifications . The clock tower on the Place de la Tour was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1941 as Monument historique .

During the renovation in 1381, the tower was provided with a public clock at the instigation of Duke Robert I. The walls of the tower are 1.70 meters thick and with a height of 50 meters it towers over the valley.

The tower was always equipped with a bell that rang when a fire broke out or when there was danger from enemies.

literature

  • Le guide Bar-le-Duc. Éditions du patrimoine, Center des monuments nationaux, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-7577-0260-4 , pp. 52–53.

Web links

Commons : Clock Tower (Bar-le-Duc)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Tour de l'Horloge (Bar-le-Duc) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 16 "  N , 5 ° 9 ′ 29.2"  E