Clockwork Messina

Clockwork Messina

A detail of the bell tower of Messina. I was looking through some old shots the other day and I loved the elegance of this shot, even if it was sweltering when I took the picture.

The cockerel crows every midday and midnight in the Piazza Duomo of Messina. He begins an elaborate dance of clockwork which acts out different elements of Messina’s history and mythology.

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