The Dewailly Clock (Horloge Dewailly) by Emile Ricquier in Amiens (Somme), France
It was the former mayor of Amiens Louis Dewailly who bequeathed a large sum of money in 1892 to have a clock built. With the invention of the train, it was intended to tell the time to people from Amiens who did not have a watch, so that they would not miss their train. The design of this clock was entrusted to the architect Émile Ricquier and Albert Roze, sculptor. The work took a lot of delay, it was finally inaugurated on November 17, 1898. Because of the design of the clock which houses a statue of an undressed woman, the inhabitants of Amiens called this statue Marie-sans-Chemise (Naked Mary). The one we see today is partly reconstructed, the only element of origin being the statue of Marie-sans-chemise.
Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: 9-11 Rue des Sergents, 80000 Amiens, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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