“Sforza” Clock

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Clock, Filarete Tower, 1905
Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle)
Piazza Castello
Milan, November 2016

“The current edifice is the result of a tireless study of the available documents and iconography, by Luca Beltrami, in order to reconstruct the tower as faithfully to the renaissance original as possible. Inaugurated in 1905, the Filarete tower was dedicated to King Umberto I, assassinated only 5 years earlier in Monza. Beltrami inserted a clock into the top cubic section of the tower, whose radiant sun motif was inspired by the Sforza coat of arms.” (The Filarete Tower, Castello Sforzesco)