Torre Apponale Clock Fails Big Event Amid Technical Glitches

Revealed with great fanfare, not even ten days ago, the clock on the Torre Apponale, with its beautiful new dials, missed a truly historic occasion: marking, under the eyes of thousands of enthusiastic spectators, the end of a year, a century, and a millennium, and immediately afterwards the restart of a year, a century, and a millennium, all brand new.

The technical problem of the clock

The tower’s clock is perhaps Muslim and counts the years from Mohammed; or Jewish and still awaits the Messiah. The fact is that in the last two days of 2000, it sneezed, stopped, restarted, and then stopped again, capricious and stubborn, until it was abandoned into the sleep of the just.

Maybe it’s a fuse problem, but the blown fuse to replace can’t be found; surely there is a current leakage somewhere, causing the motor’s protective mechanisms to trip.

The consequences and temporary solutions

During the holidays, not even Fagan, responsible for the new clock, has mobilized workers to close the stable when the horses have already escaped. This will be addressed after the Befana.

The thousands of partygoers in the square have managed differently.