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Torre del Rellotge (Pinoso)

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In the old town of El Pinós, stands the Clock Tower, the emblematic building of this town in Alicante. It was built in 1899 to house a public clock that the City Council had acquired ten years earlier from the watchmaker Antonio Canseco. At a time when private clocks were in short supply, the work of an eminently agricultural population had to be regularized. The architects of Alicante, José Guardiola and Enrique Sánchez, designed a three-story tower that was built with material from the surrounding quarries and reached a height of about 24 meters. On the ceiling, a 500-pound bell and two smaller bells ring relentlessly for hours and quarters. Over time, the building has undergone several renovations. The watch, on the other hand, is one of the few that still works with the original mechanism: a manual weight lift that is thrown every day of the year. Occasionally, you can visit and observe its peculiar operation. Today, the Clock Tower is a local emblem and melody, but also, as it had not been before, a showcase for many social demands.

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