Turn of the clock of Beaune

The belfry , known as turn of the clock , Beaune is a tower built with the XIIIe and 14th century, located street Marey, with Beaune, in Coast-with Or.

The tower of the clock of Beaune, which belongs to the town of Beaune, was classified historic building the August 27th 1885.

History

In 1395, following a disagreement between the town of Beaune and the Abbey of Maizières, the duke Philippe III Bold the ordered to the monks to yield to the city, for 200 Gold francs, a tower and house located street of the market to coal. In November 1397, the duke granted part of the sums of money raised on salt for the establishment of a clock on the lathe; the oldest bell is dated 1407.

A deliberation of the April 8th 1575 mentions a market with Jehan de Curtil, roofer in Beaune to cover the clock in leaded tiles, slates and others.

In 1681, an official report of visit describes the building as a tower on six floors of which only the first can be inhabited, the others not having a floor (the weights of the clock went down then to the second stage). The tower, judged in bad condition, will have to be elevated 12 feet (3.90m) so that one hears the clock in all the city. On this date, the large attic window East contains a surmounted dial of the moon; at the end of the 18th century, Bredeault reports that a sphere half black, half gilded marked the phases of the moon; two inscriptions on paper found in the sphere in 1800 indicate that it was made in 1620 and was regilded in 1780.

A new clock was bought in Paris in 1860 and the dial replaced in 1880. At the 17th century, the other attic window was decorated of a lead Mercury.

The tower of the clock was repaired many times during the centuries; following an estimate of repairs drawn up in June 1749 by the contractors beaunois Bellevault and Rouge, the municipality decided, the December 20th 1750, to make demolish the tower judged in too bad condition. In front of general reprobation, the project of destruction was given up and the building consolidated by ties according to the estimate of 1749. A report of repair was drawn up, in 1785, by Pourcher.

In 1893, the frame, the roof and the plumbing of art of the bell-tower were restored, and the walled or partly destroyed bays restored according to the estimate of Selmersheim.

Description

The tower includes/understands a cellar arched with well, a ground floor which sheltered a shop, and five stages covered of floors on beams. The cellar is accessible by a right stone staircase, the first stage by a staircase out of stone screw and the others by right staircases out of wooden.

The five stages are bored side street of windows with coussièges, the one day old sixth rectangular on each face. On the second floor, a chimney preserved an old corbel and oven walls.

The tower is covered with a slate roof in surmounted house of an openwork bell-tower out of frame covered with lead; its waste-gas main arrow is decorated of a ducal crown to the higher third and of a finial.

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