Monumental Clock of Acaxochitlán

The Monumental Clock of Acaxochitlán; is a tower clock, located in the Main Plaza of Acaxochitlán in the municipality of the same name, within state of Hidalgo in Mexico.

History


The clock was acquired in 1928 being municipal president Lauro Melo, and was made with money obtained from the payment of property tax from the Compañía de Luz y Fuerza del Centro, and with the contributions of the community itself. It was on the initiative of the Board of Notables that it was decided to build a clock tower that had already been acquired, and which was kept in the old headquarters of the municipal presidency.

The probable date of its completion and inauguration was the year 1932, los nombres de los arquitectos quediseñaron y construyeron la torre, son Mauro Sánchez y Luis González Aparicio.

After the clock was placed in the tower, during the administration of Luis García Melo (1976—1976) the clock was taken to Mexico City for maintenance and repair. The tower has only received maintenance once, this was between the years of 1994 and 1997 during the administration of Porfirio Cruz Ramírez.

Architecture


The tower, built in art deco style, is characterized by its symmetry, use of straight vertical lines, and austerity in decoration. The tower is built with partition, steel, quarry, wood, and the innovation of the time, cement, which allowed buildings with greater structural possibilities.

The general structure of the tower is made up of three bodies, the first of which is the base and access of the tower, a second body that constitutes the most elongated part, and finally a third body, as a finishing touch where the clock and bells are located. Despite the use of a wide variety of materials, the predominant one is the quarry in white and pink. The quarry was extracted from the Cuesconsen hill, which is located in the neighborhood of Tlamimilolpa, belonging to the town of Acaxochitlán.

The tower has an approximate height of 16 m from the base, the square in which the clock tower is currently located is limited in its four corners with lamps that have the same shape as the tower but on a smaller scale.

At the entrance to the tower, where you can read the legend "1932 Honorable City Council", and on each side of the entrance a plaque, on the right "L. González Aparicio. Architect" and on the left "Mauro Sánchez. Architect."