Astronomic hours sundial

Museo della Civiltà Contadina del Friuli Imperiale (Sundials courtyard)

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This is the only sundial in Friuli that indicates astronomic hours. For centuries, astronomers divided the day into 24 hours taking as a reference local midday as the end of the day; the first hour of the afternoon is one o’clock.

 

 

 

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