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  2. The Clock Towers - Wikipedia

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    The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. [1] The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower.

  3. List of clock towers - Wikipedia

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    A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...

  4. Bible translations into Amharic - Wikipedia

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    In 1962, a new Amharic translation from Ge'ez was printed, again with the patronage of the Emperor. The preface by Emperor Haile Selassie I is dated "1955" (), and the 31st year of his reign (i.e. AD 1962 in the Gregorian Calendar), [10] and states that it was translated by the Bible Committee he convened between AD 1947 and 1952, "realizing that there ought to be a revision from the original ...

  5. Clock tower - Wikipedia

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    Clock towers were placed near the centres of towns and were often the tallest structures there. As clock towers became more common, the designers realized that a dial on the outside of the tower would allow the townspeople to read the time whenever they wanted. The use of clock towers dates back to antiquity.

  6. Bible translations (Amharic) - Wikipedia

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  7. List of tallest clock towers - Wikipedia

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    Clock tower: India: Mumbai: 6th tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage site [60] 44: Allen-Bradley Clock Tower: 85.3 m (280 ft) 4: Yes: 1963: Tower Building: Clock Tower: USA: Milwaukee: Clock faces are 12.25 m (40.2 ft) [61] 45: Manchester Town Hall: 85.3 m (280 ft) 4: Yes: 1877: Tower Building: Government ...

  8. Clock tower of Xanthi - Wikipedia

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    The clock tower was part of the market mosque complex, which had been renovated in 1938 losing thus its original design due to the art deco additions. [2] In 1941 during the occupation of the area by Bulgarian troops, it was partially destroyed, an in 1972 (during Regime of the Colonels ) it was decided to demolish the monument, but after the ...

  9. Clock tower of Komotini - Wikipedia

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    The Clock Tower of Komotini (Greek: Πύργος του Ωρολογίου, Turkish: Saat Kule [1]) is a clock tower of the Ottoman period built in the city center of Komotini, in the Western Thrace region of northern Greece, next to the town's Yeni Mosque. Dated to the nineteenth century, today it is located on Ermou Street.