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===Italy=== {{Category see also|Astronomical clocks in Italy}} * [[Arezzo]]. The clock of the {{Interlanguage link|Palazzo della Fraternita dei Laici|it}}, installed in 1552, shows the moon phase and age.<ref>{{cite web|website=Around Arezzo|title=The Astronomical Clock in Piazza Grande|url=http://www.aroundarezzo.it/en/the-astronomical-clock-in-piazza-grande/|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> * [[Bassano del Grappa]]. 24-hour dial with zodiac indication on the Palazzo del Municipio, first installed in 1430, reconstructed by Bartolomeo Ferracina in 1747.<ref>{{cite web|website=comune.bassano.vi.it|title=Municipio e loggetta municipale|url=http://www.comune.bassano.vi.it/Vivi-la-citta/Da-vedere/Architetture/Municipio-e-loggetta-municipale|access-date=8 March 2020|language=it}}</ref> * [[Brescia]]. Astronomical clock dated {{circa|1540–1550}} in the [[Torre dell'Orologio, Brescia|Torre dell'Orologio]].<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/cienne/114273233/ Brescia, Italy – The clock tower] at flickr.com</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-95163037/stock-photo-renaissance-astronomical-clock-in-brescia-italy-displays-hours-moon-phases-and-the.html|title=Stock Photos, Royalty-Free Images and Vectors |work=shutterstock.com}}</ref> * [[Clusone]]. [[Fanzago's astronomical clock]] at the {{Interlanguage link|Palazzo Comunale, Clusone|lt=Palazzo Comunale|it|Palazzo comunale (Clusone)}}, built by Pietro Fanzago in 1583. * [[Cremona]]. The 16th-century astronomical clock of the [[Torrazzo of Cremona|Torrazzo]], the bell tower of [[Cremona Cathedral]], is the largest medieval clock in Europe. * [[Macerata]]. An astronomical clock installed in the {{Interlanguage link|Torre Civica, Macerata|lt=Torre Civica|it|Torre civica (Macerata)}}, a modern replica of the original clock of 1571, which shows the orbits of the planets. * [[Mantua]]. Astronomical clock was installed in 1473 in the [[Torre dell'Orologio, Mantua|Torre dell'Orologio]] of the Palazzo della Ragione. * [[Merano]]. Clock tower at the entrance to [[:de:Friedhöfe in Meran|Merano town cemetery]], installed in 1908 by Philipp Hörz of Ulm,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Meraner Stadtanzeiger|issue=21|date=31 October 2014|title=Ein Friedhofsrundgang|page=6|url=https://issuu.com/meraner/docs/2014_21|access-date=8 March 2020|language=de}}</ref> with a calendar dial showing the month, zodiac, and moon phase. * [[Messina]]. The [[Messina astronomical clock]] in the tower of [[Messina Cathedral]]. Multi-dial clock equipped with complex automata. Constructed between 1930 and 1933 by the Ungerer Company of Strasbourg. It is one of the largest astronomical clocks in the world. * [[Padua]]. 15th-century astronomical clock in the [[Torre dell'Orologio, Padua|Torre dell'Orologio]]. * [[Rimini]]. The clock tower on Piazza Tre Martiri has a calendar dial installed in 1750<ref>{{cite web|website=Rimini Turismo|title=Piazza Tre Martiri|url=https://www.riminiturismo.it/en/visitatori/scopri-il-territorio/arte-e-cultura/piazze/piazza-tre-martiri|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> showing the date, zodiac, and moon phase and age. * [[Soncino, Lombardy|Soncino]]. 24-hour dial with zodiac indication in the town hall. The terracotta zodiac dial dates from 1977.<ref>{{cite web|website=Soncino Turismo|title=Palazzo comunale e Torre Civica|url=http://www.soncino.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=1|access-date=8 March 2020|language=it}}</ref> * [[Trapani]]. Astronomical clock of 1596 in the Porta Oscura, with a dial for the hours and the zodiac, and a lunar dial.<ref>{{cite web|website=Turismo Trapani|title=Porta Oscura e Torre dell'Orologio|url=http://www.turismo.trapani.it/it/1542/porta-oscura-e-torre-dell-orologio.html|access-date=8 March 2020|language=it}}</ref> * [[Venice]]. [[St Mark's Clock]], in the [[St Mark's Clocktower|clocktower]] on [[St Mark's Square (Venice)|St Mark's Square]], was built and installed by Gian Paulo and Gian Carlo Rainieri, father and son, between 1496 and 1499. <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" style="text-align:left"> File:Cremona-Orologio astronomico sul Torrazzo perspec.jpg|Cremona File:Torre dell'Orologio2.JPG|Mantua File:Brescia astro clock.jpg|Brescia File:Padova Piazza dei Signori Torre dell'Orologio Zifferblatt 1.jpg|Padua File:Venezia Torre dell'Orologio Tierkreis 5.jpg|Venice File:Messina duomo tower 2.JPG|Messina </gallery>
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