He had already constructed clocks in his home town of Reggio Emilia in 1481. In 1493, the Venetian Republic commissioned Giovan Paolo Rainieri to make a clock movement. 1538–1540, as drawn by Francisco de Holanda In 1996, a major restoration, undertaken by Giuseppe Brusa and Alberto Gorla, was the subject of controversy, amid claims of unsympathetic restoration and poor workmanship. In 1858 the clock was restored by Luigi De Lucia. The clock has had an eventful horological history, and been the subject of many restorations, some controversial.Īfter restorations in 1551 by Giuseppe Mazzoleni, and in 1615, by Giovanni Battista Santi, the clock mechanism was almost completely replaced in the 1750s, by Bartolomeo Ferracina. The first clock housed in the tower was built and installed by Gian Paolo and Gian Carlo Rainieri, father and son, between 14, and was one of a number of large public astronomical clocks erected throughout Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries. St Mark's Clock is housed in the Clock Tower on the Piazza San Marco (Saint Mark's Square) in Venice, Italy, adjoining the Procuratie Vecchie.
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