TOUR DE L'HORLOGE DE PRISTINA
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This 26 m high tower (Sahat Kulla, Toranj sa satom) was erected on the site of an old clock tower around 1830. It was commissioned by the governor of Pristina, Jashar Mehmet Pasha, who also built the nearby Jashar Pasha Mosque. Despite its dilapidated state (graffiti, unreliable dials ...), it is one of the emblematic monuments of the capital with its hexagonal structure made of stone (up to 16.5 m high) and bricks from the previous tower destroyed by fire. Once indispensable for indicating the time of prayers to the Muslim inhabitants, the tower was equipped with a clock and four church bells from the 18th century, trophies that the Ottomans brought back from their campaigns in Moldavia and Wallachia (southern Romania). The mechanism stopped working in the 1970s. In 2001, the largest bell and the clock were mysteriously stolen. The French contingent of KFOR offered to find a solution. It was an old clock-making company from the Doubs that was put in charge of the work: the Prêtre et Fils company, established in Mamirolle since 1780. Thus, in November 2002, a new bell of 130 kg was installed as well as four new dials of 2 m in diameter connected to an electronic clock. Unfortunately, the mechanism has not been well maintained since. As a result, the bells no longer ring and the dials indicate different times.
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