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Bitola Clock Tower
The Clock Tower is located in the center of the city of Bitola, with a height of about 32 meters. It has been through decades of existence. This cultural monument is located right in the middle of the former Pekmez Market, a place where various oriental desserts such as baklava, kadaif, pekmez, lokum, jam, honey, etc. were sold, but which was also a place of entertainment and where the most beautiful patisseries, cafes and teahouses in the city were located. The time of its construction has never been precisely determined, but based on comparative analysis, it is assumed that it dates from approximately the same period as the church of St Dimitrija, i.e. 1830. According to a legend, the Ottoman authorities collected approximately 60,000 eggs from the surrounding villages, which were used in the mortar during the construction of the Clock Tower, which they thought would make the walls much stronger. The Clock Tower was purposefully built with a single function: measuring and showing the time, which until the moment of setting the first clock mechanism with a dial, was marked in the traditional way, by striking the bell placed at the top of the tower. Until 1912 the time had been marked 'a la turca', i.e. the hours had been counted from the moment of sunset. After 1912, modern time counting was introduced. There are 100 wooden stairs leading to the top of the Tower. In 1927 the Clock Tower was equipped with the first mechanism manufactured by the German factory 'Konfage', which in 1936 was replaced by a different one. The second mechanism was also a gift from the German state, as a sign of gratitude for the construction of the German cemetery, for German soldiers who died during the First World War. 15 new bells weighing about 900 kg were installed then. This mechanism was updated again in 1962, and a keyboard was installed, too.
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