278. Torre dell'Orologio, Venice

The clock tower in the St. Mark's square, Venice is not like any other clock tower. Its unique Blue-White marble clock makes it very interesting. I had seen the clocks with only 12 hours but, this one is different!

The outer circle in white marble has 1-24 Roman numerals engraved on it to represent 24 hrs of the day. A golden pointer with image of Sun moves to indicate the hour of the day. The middle lighter blue circle has 12 zodiac signs in gold. This circle moves and indicates the position of sun in the zodiac. The golden center-point is Earth and the darker one is moon which are surrounded by stars.