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Here the sails and tiller match the windmill and its vane, orienting the fan to capture the transient wind and extract mechanical work.
Most agree that he's a Clinton-style "weather vane," adapting his positions to the demands of contrary constituencies ranging from the army to foreign investors to Western diplomats.
The bronze La Giraldilla weather vane on one of the fort’s towers — depicting a woman scanning the seas for her lost husband, an early Cuban governor — has been adopted as the symbol of the city and of Havana Club rum.
And it wasn’t until 1558 that the addition of the huge bells and a weather vane (Giralda in Spanish) in the form of a statue of a beautiful goddess representing Faith, raised the height to 98 m (322 ft).
The piazza’s beloved Campanile (Bell Tower), at 99 m (324 ft) is the highest structure in the city, for 10 centuries its belfry, lighthouse, weather vane, and gun turret.