Frescoed sundial above the entrance, on a facade facing west. On the dial was painted the layout of an astrolabe specially designed for the same location as the dial of the sundial. Both the hour diagram of the astrolabe and the hour diagram in the center of the sundial dial
Frescoed sundial facing east. with stylus orthogonal to the wall. The sundial diagram shows the true local times and the astronomical calendar. Also, in the lower left corner are indicated the minutes to add to get the time of our time zone.
Frescoed sundial facing west, decorated with the portraits of the cat and dog Tolda, inseparable friends. The motto in Latin celebrates the happy hours to spend among friends. The wall on which the quadrant was designed faces almost perfectly west. The sundial hour diagram does not include the meridian line,
Frescoed sundial on panel anchored to the wall. Sundial frescoed on a panel and subsequently anchored to the wall. Dial painted using the colors and decorative motifs already present on the facade. The sundial marks the true solar time of the place by means of the shadow generated by the
Italic sundial with classic hourly number. Sundial with stylus orthogonal to the wall and ending with a golden sphere. The frescoed dial marks the line of the equinoxes, the solstices and the hours of our ancient Italic time system, which begins to number the hours from sunset on the previous
Italic sundial with residual hours and meridian line. The shadow of the golden sphere placed on top of the gnomon shows the hours of light that are missing from the sunset. The passage of the shadow of the sphere on the meridian line painted in red marks the instant of
large sundial facing south-west. The dial diagram marks: the Italian time system with hours remaining; the complete astronomical calendar; the true solar time of the place and the lemniscate for the midday of our time zone. In the lower right corner there is a graph with the minutes to add
Sundial frescoed on insulated wall oriented southeast. Mark the complete astronomical calendar, the true solar time of the place and the lemniscate for the midday of our time zone. In the lower left corner there is a graph with the minutes to add to compare the local time with the
Sundial frescoed on the church of Segrate, in Lavanderie (MI). The sundial was commissioned on the south-east facing facade, facing the little fields frequented by the oratory.
Sundials have always been made on churches, monasteries and other religious buildings, they marked the times for the liturgies and at the same time
Sundial made on the wall. dial is designed in a classic style with a symbolic sun in the center. On the painted frame there is a blue ribbon on which one of the most famous quotations of modern physics is written: time does not exist, by A. Einstein, but written
Sundial frescoed in a niche carved into the wall. The dial was conceived as if it were a window to the sky, with a frame bearing the numbering of the hours, beyond which the clouds and the sky can be seen. The colors of the fresco recall the same colors
Sundial painted on rough concrete wall. The sundial by means of the shadow of the golden sphere placed on top of the orthogonal gnomon marks the true local time and astronomical calendar.
Frescoed dial with the appearance of two superimposed cartouches, on which a blue ribbon waving with the verses freely
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