The São Pedro Clock is an open-air monument located in Salvador, the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia.
[1][2] The result of an initiative by the Association of Employees in the Commerce of Bahia, it was inaugurated on November 15, 1916 (the day of the Proclamation of the Republic), already under the state government of Antonio Muniz de Aragão.
[3] The monument is shaped like a lamppost with a lantern adorned above the clocks, and four figures of Atlas supporting them, and in all, it is 6.50 meters high.
[1][4] Although extinct, São Pedro is an area of Salvador's Historic Center popularly treated as a small neighborhood.
[2][3] In the context of the renovation of Avenida Sete by Salvador's City Hall, the São Pedro Clock had its rust spots removed, its mechanics repaired, its paint renewed, and its glasses replaced.