Cloister Sundial East, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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arby101ca
N 42° 52.811 W 008° 32.698
29T E 537161 N 4747609
In the cloister of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela are three vertical sundials. This one is the morning sundial on the west wall facing east to the rising sun.
Waymark Code: WMGZ36
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 04/26/2013
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The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella is the final destination of the Camino de Santiago, the Way of St. James, an ancient pilgrimage route across Europe. In the cathedral crypt are the relics, the bones of St James.
In the cloister are three vertical sundials mounted on the terrace above the arches. Gain entrance to the cloister through the cathedral museum. The waymarks the east facing sundial on the west terrace. Morning hourlines are engraved in the stone face. Also engraved are the words "ELEVATIO" and "FACTA", indicating a morning sundial.
The design is for a sundial facing due east. In fact the wall is oriented about 8° north of east. This small error is not corrected on any of the old sundials in the cloister, created in 1601.
Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate
Related Web Site: Not listed
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