Porte Horloge de Vire façade orientale

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The fully allies bombed the city miraculously withstood the medieval gates. Height of 33 m, they are built in the XIII century., As well as three other entrance gate of the city (not preserved). Until the XV century it was called Gate or Tower Gastinel / Porte Gastinel. At the end of the XV century. quadrangular tower was raised above the two round towers of the gate to accommodate the clock. Availability of public clock in the city was still exceptional in the late Middle Ages and illustrate the importance of cities that have established them. Hours rebuilt after WWII (hours, by the way, were not the medieval and XIX century.) The round tower built of schist and granodiorite, square tower -. Entirely from local granodiorite. (Granodiorite - a plutonic igneous rock is intermediate in composition between granite and diorite.)