Clock House
Rue du Bourg, Martigny 1920 - Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)27 720 49 49 - Fax: +41 (0)27 720 49 48
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The Clock House was erected in 1645 and donated to the Ursuline Convent. In 1685 the sisters sold the building to the Martigny-Bourg Bourgoisie (the Burgesses of the town) who used it as the Maison de Commune until a new one was built. The property has had a somewhat chequered history since then, having been used as a prison and then later as a school, it is now, once again, the Clock House. Throughout its many changes of use and remodelling, it has retained its graceful arches.
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