![]() So far, Cess has been to Rihanna Drive, taken a photo out front of the house where Rihanna grew up, taken pictures outside the One Sandy Lane property where Rihanna has a condo and she has enjoyed Rihanna's favourite fast food - Chefette.Īs she navigates her world of work digitally as a fashion consultant, Cess says that the Internet in Barbados is a dream and it makes working remotely a breeze. Talk about a two-week vacation turned financial nightmare! A genuine member of the Rihanna Navy, picking Barbados as her next stop after exploring South America was easy because it came highly recommended by a Bajan friend residing in Canada where her boyfriend is from, and because it is where Rihanna is from, of course! Her intention is to spend a full three months in the Gem of the Caribbean soaking up the sun, playing in the beach, indulging in the culture and enjoying the food - especially eating Mahi Mahi or as Bajans say, dolphin.Ĭess is really taking in all the sites and scenes of Rihanna's home country. Frescoes of the five planetary gods from Roman mythology adorn the space above the astrolabium.Cess has traveled to 16 countries in about two years and has 50 more to visit with her boyfriend.Ī nomad, Cess is currently experiencing and loving Barbados. The complex display of the northern hemisphere always shows the current zodiac sign, the moon’s phase, the time of sunrise and sunset, and the date. Sun, moon and stars circle our planet in the orbits we recognize from the earth’s vantage point. ![]() Both fixed and rotating spheres form an exact replica of the constellations with the earth in the center. The discs of the astronomical calendar clock are artfully arranged above the Clock Tower’s entrance. The hands of the astrolabium move somewhat more slowly but just as precisely. The golden figure of Hans von Thann finally strikes the hour in time with Chronos’ swinging scepter. Bears dance their hourly routine, a jester jokingly signals the hour too early, the quarter-hour chimes are heard from the tower, and Chronos, the god of time, turns his hourglass over. Right before the clock strikes the hour a crowing rooster announces the start of an entertaining spectacle. The tower’s outstanding features are the astrolabium – an astronomical calendar clock – and the musical mechanism installed in 1530. The ancient length measurements of cubit and fathom – which are still marked today in the tower entrance as meter and double meter – served as the reference length and for official checks. For example, official travel times were measured from the Clock Tower and marked on stones along the cantonal roads. The tower was also an authoritative building for other matters in the capital city. As the official timekeeper, its location could not be more central and from then on, the locals listened for it to strike the hours. Now known as the Zytglogge (Clock Tower), it began telling time for the inhabitants of Bern. After the devastating fire of 1405, the structure was rebuilt and given a new identity. Over the centuries, this landmark has fulfilled different functions for the city of Bern but has always played a key role.Īs Bern continued to grow and expand its city limits, the former guard tower gradually found itself closer and closer to the city center. First it was a fortified guard tower, then a prison, a lookout and fire observation tower, and finally a clock tower.
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