Quasimodo's "sanctuary" . . . the bells, the bells!

Sant'Andrea is, perhaps, the most beautiful piazza in Ceriana. It's framed by well kept homes, the north-side of the Oratorio Sant'Andrea, and the imposing campanile--who's duty it is to ring out the town's hours. Curiously, the hours are struck once, on the hour, and then two minutes later, they toll again! So at midnight; twelve bells; wait two minutes; twelve bells again! The bell rings just once (graciously) on the half hour. It's very interesting if you're woken by this midnight serenade and can't fall back to sleep because, in your semi-conscious stupor, when you hear the 12:30 toll, you might think you've slept an hour and that it's now 1 a.m. , however, it's important to wait two minutes to be sure! If after two minutes there's no second ringing, it has to be 12:30 . . . or. . . did you sleep past the 12:30 single ring and the two ringings of 1 a.m. and now, it's really 1:30? If so, you might have to wait to have this confirmed by the 2 a.m. ringings!
I've experienced this more than once after arriving here with profound jet-lag!

Never wearing a watch, I find the daytime bells quite informative and now that I have some land to work, just outside of town, I completely appreciate the double ringings. While hard at work the contadino will hear the bells and realize that an hour has past; but which hour precisely?  He takes a minute (two, actually) to wipe his brow and have a sip of wine and then he counts the second tolling to be sure! Brilliant!