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France - Brittany - Dinan - the Tower of the Clock
At the time of the reign of Anne of Brittany, the town of Dinan see its municipalauthority being reinforced. The Duchess authorizes the installation of a clock in the belfry and, in 1507, it sponsors, with the Viscount of Rehan, a baptized bell “Anne”. She will sound of 1507 to 1906 before its 2.452 kg are not molten in a new almost identical bell: the “duchess Anne”.
The clock worked according to the principle of the mechanism “Hamzer”, of the name of its creator, a German clock and watch maker.
At the time of the reign of Anne of Brittany, the town of Dinan see its municipalauthority being reinforced. The Duchess authorizes the installation of a clock in the belfry and, in 1507, it sponsors, with the Viscount of Rehan, a baptized bell “Anne”. She will sound of 1507 to 1906 before its 2.452 kg are not molten in a new almost identical bell: the “duchess Anne”.
The clock worked according to the principle of the mechanism “Hamzer”, of the name of its creator, a German clock and watch maker.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°27'12"N 2°2'28"W
- Church 17 km
- Saint Michel church-abbey 44 km
- Chapelle Saint-Étienne 44 km
- Monastery of Mont-Saint-Michel 44 km
- Rennes Cathedral 46 km
- Eglise St Germain 47 km
- Église St Yves 48 km
- chapelle de rosais 49 km
- Cesson-Sévigné church 49 km
- Montmuran Rest Area 22 km
- Sanden 24 km
- La Chapelle-du-Lou 26 km
- Romillé 28 km
- Montauban-de-Bretagne 28 km
- Bédée 31 km
- Gevezé 33 km
- La Meziere 34 km
- Ille-et-Vilaine / Ill-ha-Gwilen (35) 43 km
- Côtes-d'Armor / Aodoù-an-Arvor (22) 55 km