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Small tower with astronomical display. The central dial shows the current civil time (accounting for daylight saving time). The 12 outer dials display the zodiac, which day of the week the year begins & ends on, the side of the earth that is facing the sun (with a globe proudly displaying the outline of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a former Belgian colony), the month, the day, the tide, the phase of the moon & the sidereal time (whether the stars are visible, i.e. local time without accounting for daylight saving time).
The Zimmer tower is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city fortifications. In 1930, astronomer and clockmaker Louis Zimmer (1888–1970) built the Jubilee Clock, which is displayed on the front of the tower, and consists of 12 clocks encircling a central one with 57 dials. These clocks showed time on all continents, phases of the Moon, times of tides and many other periodic phenomena.
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On river Nete. (Not in winter)
Gevangenenpoort
The only remaining city gate of Lier, as there used to be 5 city gates in the first city ramparts. The gate was built in 1375. From the 16th century until 1930 it functioned as a prison, which explains the current name for the gate.
Begijnhof
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Built in the 18th century in Rococo style. The belfry tower dates back to 1369, and is a .
14th-century Gothic church.
Building erected on a sluice north of the city centre. The building was built in the 16th century.