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Sundial: “Dawn time” sundial – also called “Italic”
Location: Museum of the Rural civilization of Imperial Friuli
(Sundials courtyard) -
Via Petrarca n° 1 - Aiello del Friuli
Dimensions: 200 x
140 cm
Gnomon: Normal – The rod, technically called “gnomon” is perpendicular
to
the wall and the tip of its shadow determines the reading of the
hours and of the period of the year during which the reading is
carried
out.
Motto: “Vassene ‘ l
tempo e l’uom non se n’avvede” - Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio) (Translation:
"Time goes by and humans don’t take notice of it")
Author: Giovanni
Meroi – Percoto (UD)
Year: 1998 |
