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 above the entrance to a house in the Aosta Valley. Flowers and edelweiss enrich the dial dedicated to our star (the sun).
The shadow of the golden sphere moving on the diagram indicates the true solar hours of the place and the complete astronomical calendar. By adding to the
The stainless steel rod, positioned so as to be parallel to the earth's rotation axis, allows the reading of the true local time by means of the shadow generated by the sun during the day and the reading of the true local time at night, through the light. solar reflection
The shadow of the golden sphere represents the position of the sun in the sky, moving on the dial indicates the zodiac sign every day, during the year it shows the passage of the sun on the equinoxes, solstices and on the entire astrological calendar, from the sign of capricorn
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
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