[Article] Every evening, the night watchman clambers to the top of the Lausanne cathedral bell tower and gets to work: he shouts out the time each hour, keeping a six-century-old tradition alive.
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As the city of Lausanne falls asleep, its watchman keeps guard.
It's a ritual that has remain unchanged for over 600 years.
Originally, the watchmen would be on the look out for fires, ready to alert city dwellers in case of danger.
But now the respected Swiss institution is a purely ceremonial role.
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