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# Charles V installed the first city clock of Paris on a palace tower in 1370
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pervye-gorodskie-chasy-parizha-ustanovleny-po-vole-karla-v-v-1370-g/
- Published: 2018-10-08T09:05:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:55:00.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Monarchies, Science, Paris

The first public clock of Paris was installed at the will of Charles V in 1370\. The clock tower was not merely a palace fortification: the clock the king set up showed that the control of time lay in his hands.