THE CLOCK CHAMBER
The first Giralda clock was inaugurated in the presence of the King and in the midst of a great storm on 20^th June 1400. Only the bell, made by Alonso Domínguez, has been preserved and is hung in the so-called "Clock body".
The clock to be seen in this, the sixth chamber, tells its own story in an inscription that says:
"THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS CLOCK, COMMENCED WITHIN THE WALL OF THIS HOLY PATRIARCHAL CHURCH OF SEVILLE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1757 AND WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1764 (...) FRIAR JOSEPH CORDERO, LAY BROTHER OF THE REGULAR OBSERVANCE OF OUR HOLY FATHER SAN FRANCISCO, SON OF THE PROVINCE OF ANDALUSIA AND DWELLER OF THE GREAT HOUSE OF THIS CITY OF SEVILLE, GUIDED BY THE HELP OF THIS THE PUREST LADY".
In the sphere Friar Joseph Cordero proudly declares his Spanish character. The machinery was in operation until the sixties.