In London - aber wo ?

In London - aber wo ?

Auflösung : Die Uhr gehört zu St. Dunstan-in-the-West, einer Kirche in der Fleet Street.

Wikipedia schreibt dazu : On the facade of the church is a chiming clock, with figures of giants, perhaps representing Gog and Magog, which strike the bells with their clubs. It was installed on the previous church in 1671, perhaps commissioned to celebrate its escape from destruction in the Great Fire of 1666. It was the first public clock in London to have a minute hand. The figures of the two giants strike the hours and quarters, and turn their heads. There are numerous literary references to the clock, including in Thomas Hughes’ Tom Brown's Schooldays, Oliver Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield , David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, and a poem by William Cowper. In 1828, when the medieval church was demolished, the clock was removed by Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford to his mansion in Regent's Park, which later became the St Dunstan's College for the Blind. It was returned by Lord Rothermere in 1935 to mark the Jubilee of King George V.