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Vidigueira Clock Tower

Vidigueira Clock Tower

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Vidigueira Clock Tower

Name: Vidigueira Clock Tower
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Location: Vidigueira, Beja, Portugal

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João Carlos Correia

June 8, 2023

Of the profane monuments in Vidigueira, the Torre do Relógio is one of the most interesting, not so much because of the tower itself, but whose construction date we ignore, as we did not find any reference to it that would elucidate us, but because of the bell it houses, commissioned by by Vasco da Gama in 1520, as stated in the inscription that reads: This bell ordered Mr. Count Dom Vasco Admiral of India.
During the restoration work, the hands that had never been on the clock were placed on the clock, so that Vidigueirão residents can not only hear the familiar sound of its bells, but also know the time whenever they look at it.
The tower is a quadrangular building, with a guard at the top, to which you can go up by a spiral staircase, with brick railings and ornaments in each corner, and in the middle, as a finishing touch, a guardhouse or spire, which houses the bell already mentioned and opens on each side by a look with an arch all the way around.
in freguesiavidigueira.pt/index.php/patrimonio/torre-do-relogio accessed on 6/8/2023.

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