Clock on Sankt Jacobs kyrka (Saint James's Church) - Stockholm, Sweden
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Clocks mounted on tower of Saint James's Church (Sankt Jacobs kyrka) in centre of Stockholm.
Waymark Code: WMCY59
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date Posted: 10/25/2011
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Saint James's Church (Sankt Jacobs kyrka) is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to apostle Saint James the Greater, patron saint of travellers. It is often mistakenly called St Jacob's. The confusion arises because Swedish, like many other languages, uses the same name for both James and Jacob.Arguably the most central church in the Swedish capital, surrounded by the popular park Kungsträdgården.
The church took a long time to complete and as a consequence include a wide range of architectonic styles, such as Late Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque, the design of architects: Willem Boy (1580–93), Hans Ferster (1635–43), Göran Joshuae Adelcrantz and Carl Hårleman (1723–35), Carl Möller and Agi Lindegren (1893–94).
The clock on central tower were installed probably after a fire, which destroyed the roof in 1723. A new central tower designed by Göran Joshuae Adelcrantz was inaugurated in 1739. The tower with clocks is depicted on the paintings from 1794 - (
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