The clock tower vyborg
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By Filipp PrivezentsevClass: 8aSchool: 913Teacher: M. MushtaevaMoscow, 2014
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The tower was built in 1490. The lower tier of the present tower was built in 1494. Originally it was the bell tower of the Cathedral in Vyborg.
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In 1753 the first clock with a bell was installed. Inside the tower between the stairs there is a wooden shaft with heavy weights that activate the clock mechanism.
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Several times the tower suffered from the fire. After the one in 1793, during which almost the entire city was burned down, the bell tower was rebuilt by Johan Brockman .
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Catherine II gave the city an
alarm bell with the inscription ,
which is preserved at the Clock
Tower to the present day and is
ringing for more than two
centuries.
The returning of the bell
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Let’s preserve the historyThis is a great monument, but unfortunately time doesn’t have mercy on it. So let’s try to find ways how to save our history for the future generations.
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