THE CLOCK TOWER OF PADUA

The clock is a fifteenth-century remaking of the

original one built by Jacopo Dondi by the Clock, in

1344. The monumental prospectus in istrian stone of

the door was realized in 1532 by the architect

Giovanni Maria Falconetto. In the most external

crown in istrian stone of the great mechanical tower's

clock are graven the 24 hours in Roman figures. The

inside crown, in painted copper of blue, with gilded

stars, fixed, represents the immovable starry sky.

The following inside crowns, rotating instead for

pointing out the walk of the sun in the zodiac.

SOURCES :

http://www.astralis.it/padova_e.htm

Group leader: Luca P.

Working Group: Gabriele C. and Alessio A.

2^nd form/A

School year 2004/2005

I.I.S. Carlo Urbani - Rome/Italy

Coordinator: Prof. Noemi Lusi