CLOCK TOWER

The Clock Tower of Meyrueis, located at the corner of Place Sully, houses the Tourist Office. Originally, it was part of the Meyrueis ramparts, reinforced at the outbreak of the Wars of Religion. Also serving as the Town Hall, the tower's function was primarily communal until the French Revolution (clerks' offices, the Consulate's deliberation chamber, a prison cell), after which it became a rental apartment with a shop on the ground floor. Following a fire in 1894, the roof was converted into a terrace, with a row of crenellations resting on a corbelled arcade, and a turret topped by the bell tower, which houses the clock mechanism, was added. The bell dates from 1634. As for the clock, we know that there has been one in Meyrueis since at least 1452, but that it has undergone multiple evolutions: addition of hands, enlargement of dials, night lighting with electricity and then an electronic system in the 80s.