Like every bazaar, Skopje has a clock tower that once told traders when to close their shops a few times a day for Muslim prayers. Strict working hours were enforced, allowing nobody take advantage and make money while the competition was out. Skopje’s hexagonal tower was built between 1566 and 1573, half with sandstone and half with bricks, and suffered damage during both the 1669 fire and the 1963 earthquake. It had a clock mechanism from Szeged in Hungary, brought here as booty when the Turks went west.
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