Clock of Église Saint-Laurent - Ollioules, France - Town Clocks on Waymarking.com

The Église Saint-Laurent was erected between 1096 and 1143 on an ancient Roman cella in the purest primitive Romanesque style. Originally, it contained only a nave preceded by a choir. The evolution of the population will require, from 1517 a first expansion. The church is then endowed with collateral, a bell tower that surmounts the apse and a bell tower. In 1652 six side chapels are added. The XIXth century will be the source of new developments. The creation of a tribune for the organ and the replacement of the pavement (with the tombstones that it contains) by a tiling.

In this building with three naves finished in cul-de-four discoveries are numerous: a baroque virgin in white marble, baptismal font from the former Franciscan abbey, an oak pulpit carved with bas-reliefs depicting the martyr of Saint-Laurent, the work of the Toulon artist Bonnegrâce, not to mention a fabulous acoustic.

The dials of the two-sided clock show the hours with a mark except 3, 6, 9, and 12 which are in roman numeral. The clock is surmounted by the famous Provencal campanile in wrought iron characteristic of the South of France.

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