Messina astronomical clock

Parts of the design are similar to the Strasbourg astronomical clock.

The idea was to restore the ancient astronomical clock of the old medieval bell tower of the cathedral of Messina, destroyed in previous eras.

It was commissioned by the Archbishop of Messina (Angelo Paino) to mark the reconstruction of the campanile after the 1908 Messina earthquake, perhaps on inspiration of Pope Pius XI, who gave him a functioning model of the Strasbourg clock.

[1] The clock's displays appear in several different levels of the campanile, on the sides facing the square and the cathedral.

The side of the campanile facing the square has the following displays, described from bottom to top: The side of the campanile facing the cathedral has two dials, plus the moon phase: Above the dials, the Moon is represented by a half-gold, half-black rotating sphere, 1.2m in diameter, which indicates the lunar phase.