Show iless meisina 1 ina rightly claims most wonderful clock messina one of of the most important towns owns Is rega regaining lulng the glories gloriea it lost in the appalling earthquake some come 22 years ago one of the most striking of its new buildings Is a tower winch which contains the most wonderful clock in the world the tower Is surmounted by a bronze lion holding tile fie city ilag hag lit in its front paws at midday the liou lion 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 clarenza the heroines who save the city from being socked sacked by tile 1 rench french sitter the sicilian vespers in 1282 on each of the four sides of the tower Is a luminous dial eight feet in diameter upon which arp are displayed the phases of the moon a perpetual calendar and the movements of the planets round the sun below tile the clock face Is a stage upon which mechanical figures enact scenes appropriate to the great feasts of the church london tit bits |