Clock Tower, begun in the 13th-century and topped with a 17th-century Baroque roof featuring five turrets and onion bulbs, rising above the cobblestone alleys and the historic architecture of Sighișoara, Mureș County, Romania. It served as the town hall until 1656.
"As the carriage from the neighboring kingdom rolled through the palace gates, the prince could not quiet his unease, for no portrait, no painting, nor even the whispers of travelers had ever revealed the face of the princess who was soon to stand beside him at the altar... "
"Scissors" strainer arch, an internal structural arch built to relieve the inward pressure off the spanned vertical supports by master mason William Joy in 1338, 17 years after completion of Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England.