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CommunityMy FDLIn the central square of the walled city of Dubrovnik, a clock tower dominates. &nbsp; It’s a wonderful clock tower, part of Sponza Palace, and has been rebuilt a few times after destructive earthquakes and wars rumbled through.Long a feature there are the historic strikers, nicknamed Maro and Baro, built in 1477/8 by Michelozzo di Bartoleomeo, whose assistant quite &nbsp;probably was &nbsp;il Greco.The two actual figures have been removed so that they could be preserved as artworks, and replicas now faithfully strike the hours on the central building in Dubrovnik, while visitors can see the originals up close in the Rector’s Palace which serves as a museum of the city’s historic and significant art.Clock strikers are a wonderful feature of the old European clock towers that typically mark the town centers where city fathers gathered. &nbsp; We can imagine that the striking of the hour kept them from arriving late to meetings and meals, but those striking men always had a commanding presence important to the dignity of the town. &nbsp; Called Jacquemarts, they gave whimsy as well as serving their purpose as timekeepers.In the evening, the cities’ gates were closed, and all merchantmen who were neither citizens nor guests of the town had to leave. Here, too, the awareness of the current hour was important. Therefore, the mundane cities challenged the church’s monopoly over time and established own devices: big bells, situated on bridges or fortifications. People specifically assigned with this task observed a water clock or hour glass, and struck the bells at each full hour.Even before the advent of mechanical clocks based on the revolution of wheels, the middle-ages thus had their first “jacquemarts”. In France, the guardians on the watch towers, who had to strike the bells in times of fire or attack, were called “Jacques-Marc”, a French variation of “jaccomarchiadus”, the armoured jacket worn by the cities’ soldiers. So the first hour-striking “jacquemarts” were living men, not automated figures.The clock tower is part of a complex of official buildings, styled to show their importance in the history of the old walled city.Shadowproof is an independent publication funded by donations from readers like you. If you like our work, pay it forward by donating or subscribing today.DonateShadowproof is 100% funded by readers like youDonate NowThis is default text for notification barLearn moreSkip to content

CommunityMy FDLIn the central square of the walled city of Dubrovnik, a clock tower dominates. &nbsp; It’s a wonderful clock tower, part of Sponza Palace, and has been rebuilt a few times after destructive earthquakes and wars rumbled through.Long a feature there are the historic strikers, nicknamed Maro and Baro, built in 1477/8 by Michelozzo di Bartoleomeo, whose assistant quite &nbsp;probably was &nbsp;il Greco.The two actual figures have been removed so that they could be preserved as artworks, and replicas now faithfully strike the hours on the central building in Dubrovnik, while...

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