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Louis
Dewailly,
former
mayor
of
Amiens,
bequeathed
25,000
francs
to
the
town
so
that
it
could
build
a
clock
so
that
residents
of
Amiens
could
not
miss
their
train.
The
body,
created
by
Charles-Emile
Riquier,
is
made
up
of
a
Rococo-style
spire
surmounted
by
a
three-faced
clock
lit
by
gas
(later,
electricity
will
replace
gas).
Albert
Roze,
in
charge
of
ornament,
added
to
the
building
a
statue
representing
a
half-naked
young
girl
carrying
an
apple
branch.
She
is
sitting
on
the
pedestal.
The
Puritans
felt
offended
but
the
people
of
Amiens
quickly
gave
her
a
nickname
for
their
clock,
she
became
the
"Marie
Sans
Chemise".
ruins.
When
the
city
is
rebuilt,
it
is
abandoned
in
a
wasteland
and
disappears.
Gilles
de
Robien
had
promised
the
Amiens:
the
Dewailly
clock
will
be
rebuilt
identically
and
will
find
its
place
in
the
heart
of
the
city
center
from
the
year
2000.
With
great
emotion,
hundreds
of
Amiens
discovered
the
new
clock,
which
has
been
the
subject
of
many
conversations.
On
December
31,
1999
at
noon,
the
clock
stamped
with
the
2000
vintage
struck
its
first
twelve
strokes.
The
new
"Dewailly"
clock
is
revealed
at
11.30
a.m.
As
the
veil
that
hides
her
slowly
lifts,
applause
rings
out.
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