Translated from Italian from an online Rimini news paper, Altarrimini.it June23 2017.
The chimes of the Campanone change, or rather return to the old. For some days, in fact, the civic tower that rises in Piazzetta Galassi has been equipped with a new electronic. clock.
The older inhabitants of the historic center still remember when the Campanone, whose construction dates back to 1893, used a system that reduces the number of strokes to mark the rhythm of the days. There are also two special plays: at noon for 60 seconds and at eight in the evening for 30 seconds.
The new clock supplied by one of the leading companies in the sector, the Trebino di Uscio in the province of Genoa, which among its "customers" includes the Vatican with the basilicas of San Pietro and San Giovanni in Laterano, as well as cathedrals, civic towers and government buildings scattered throughout Italy - allows daily, weekly, monthly or yearly command and programming, automatically updates summer and winter time and will signal the meetings of the city council with a special toll. The new sound electrification system for the bells of the 25 meter high tower replaces the mechanical system used until a few days ago, now obsolete and with problems of misalignment.