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From: "Martin Marbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:44 PM Subject: sundials in Rome (Capitel of Italy) > Hallo, > > I am going to visit Rome. By the way I want look for sundials in Rome. > Does anybody know a book about sundials in Rome which I can buy. > Or a Link in the internet community ? > > Many thanks and best regards > martin marbach > > eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > Martin, in Rome there is the queen of the sundials, I mean the "Meridiana di Santa Maria degli Angeli" in piazza della Repubblica (Republic square). You cannot leave Rome and miss to visit this wonderful monument. Inside the church (where the sundial is located) you can bought a book written by the italian gnomonists Mario Catamo and Cesare Lucarini illustrating with details the history of the sundial (built in the year 1700 by the astronomer Bianchini on behalf of the pope Clemente XI) and illustarting how the sundial works. http://web.romascuola.net/itaer/vaula/geografia/Meridiana/OrigMer.htm Another magnificient sundial is located inside Palazzo Spada (near piazza Campo dei Fiori). It's a sundial designed at 1648 by Emanuel Maignan and pictured under a vault and working with a beam reflected by a small mirror on the window. To visit this sundial you need a reservation In piazza San Pietro there is an orizontal sundial whose gnomon is the obelisc in the center of the square. Please find here both Palazzo Spada and San Pietro sundials: http://digilander.libero.it/meridianeinpiemonte/info_gnomo_calendari.htm Other dials can be found inside Villa Borghese (near the Parco dei Daini). http://www.villaborghese.it/it/villa/edifici_Meridiana.htm Another on the terrace of Monte Mario called "Lo Zodiaco" under the astronomical observatory. You can also see the gnomon of the old sundial of Augusto (the first roman imperator); it is a big egyptian obelisc now rised behind the parliament palace and still working as gnomon but of a new modern sundial. Into a house of a little street (called via della Meridiana) you can see a piece of the original sundial. http://digilander.libero.it/ombredeltempo/capitoli/quarto.html I hope that this info can help and enjoy your stay in Rome http://digilander.libero.it/McArdal/link%20gnomo.htm Regards Tonino Tasselli |
