Flamenco chime: Spanish town’s clock rings out star’s song

Algeciras honours Paco de Lucia by using music from Entre dos aguas to mark the hour twice a day

Seven years after his sudden death, the birthplace of the pioneering flamenco guitarist and songwriter Paco de Lucia is honouring one of its most famous and beloved sons by using his music to mark the hour twice a day on the town hall clock.

On Monday, the southern Spanish city of Algeciras began using De Lucia's best-known song, Entre dos aguas, to ring in midday and 6pm. A computer system has been connected to the clock and, in a move that may trouble fans of flamenco's loud and passionate strains, the sound level checked to ensure it does not exceed permitted limits.