Montecarotto – The Clock Tower
Linked to another tower by an indoor walkway levelled with the chemin de ronde. It was clad and adorned in 1903, when part of the wall, ancient entrance gate and the civic tower were demolished. The public clock was originally positioned in the latter. A door along the chemin de ronde leads to the upper floor which houses the clock face, the connection rod, pendulum and original weights for manual hand charging. A wooden staircase leads from this first interior to the very “heart” of the clock, where all its mechanisms and the cog wheel are located. Designed and built …