Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 516
the great facein the twenty-four hours.On the top of the towerstand two bronze figuresof men on either side ofa huge bell. They hold heavy hammers in their hands as if ready todeal a blow and as each hour arrives, thefigures in bronze, who have been called Moors, strike the hour upon the bell with… … TOWER OF SAN MARTINO, LUCCA. hour of two is struck upon the bell, the airis darkened by a sudden gathering of all theclans of the sacred pigeons of San Marco. ItSee St. Nicholas for August, 1896. 502 THE BELL-TOWERS OF ITALY. is the hour when they are fed. You haveheard about the great flocks of…
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