WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

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WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?

WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 15:45

Most of them are out of order, vandalised, have been neglected for many years, or just do not show the right time, but throughout the 20th Century street clocks were regularly installed at road intersections, on public buildings, railway stations, court houses and banks, chiming away the hours.

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There are dozens of street clocks in this city, from fin-de-siècle masterpieces to electronic devices commercially erected in public spaces. Here we show you one that, until very recently, was rarely if ever seen by the general public because it belonged to one of most secretive institutions in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

Where in Bulgaria are you?

Issue 47-48

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