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Normandy

Clock Tower sights in Normandy

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    Gros Horloge

    Rue du Gros Horloge is spanned by this impressive structure, a Gothic belfry with one-handed medieval clocks on each side. On the west side, check out the gilded Latin inscription dedicated to Ludovico XV (Louis XV) in 1732 – see if you can count how many times the suffix -issimo appears.

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