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Show Messina Rightly Claims Most Wonderful Clock Messina, one of the most Important towns In Sicily, Is regaining the glories It lost In the appalling earthquake some 22 years ago. One of the most striking of Its new buildings Is a tower which contains the most wonderful clock In the world. The tower is surmounted by a bronze Hon holding the city flag in its front paws. At midday the Hon lashes Its tall, waves the flag, and roars. A bronze cock placed below the lion crows a greeting to sunrise, noon, and sunset Two arched recesses contain the bells upon which the hours are struck by figures of Diana and Clar-enza, Clar-enza, the heroines who save the city from being sacked by the French after the Sicilian Vespers in 12S2. On each of the four sides of the tower is a luminous dial eight feet in diameter upon which are displayed the phases of the moon, a perpetual calendar, nnd the movements of the planets round the sun. Below the clock face is a stage upon which mechanical figures enact scenes appropriate to the great feasts of the church. London Tit-Bits. |