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===Belgium=== * [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]. The [[Zimmer tower]] houses an astronomical clock installed by [[Louis Zimmer]] in 1930. On twelve dials surrounding a central clockface, it gives indications including the time around the world, the date, the moon phase, and the [[equation of time]], and includes a [[tide clock]]. * {{Interlanguage link|Senzeilles|fr}}. The {{Interlanguage link|Senzeilles astronomical clock|fr|Horloge astronomique de Senzeilles}} was constructed by self-taught Lucien Charloteaux between 1896 and 1912. A domestic clock housed in a wooden case, it gives indications including the solar, mean and sidereal time around the world, the positions of the constellations and planets, and the appearance of [[Halley's Comet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patrimoine-horloge.fr/as-senzeille.html|website=patrimoine-horloge.fr|title=Senzeille (Belgique)|access-date=10 March 2020|language=fr}}</ref> * [[Sint-Truiden]]. The astronomical clock constructed by {{Interlanguage link|Kamiel Festraets|nl}} between 1937 and 1942 is now housed in the [[:nl:Sint-Agnesbegijnhof#Festraetsmuseum|Festraets Museum]]. <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" style="text-align:left"> File:Zimmertoren in Lier Belgium.jpg|[[Zimmer tower]] in [[Lier, Belgium]] File:Sint-Truiden, Begijnhof, museum02.jpg|[[Sint-Truiden]] clock </gallery>
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