Relógio de Sol: Mala Posta - Marco de légua Casal do Canha - PT
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mtrevas
N 39° 03.099 W 008° 57.860
29S E 503086 N 4322508
Classification - Property of Public Interest.
This milestone of a league is a characteristic work of King D. Maria I. Type: a powerful base parallelepiped, set vertically, forms the base, the crown is more careful, endowed with huge ball of sundial based on pyramidal base.
Waymark Code: WM8WAG
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/20/2010
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Classification - Property of Public Interest
This milestone of a league is a characteristic work of King D.Maria I, Queen who promoted a series of improvements to the road network of the former term of Lisbon. Deploys to the 29.270 km of EN1, shortly before Thursday's Bemposta, a sector of the track known as the Lowland Road.
Type: a powerful base parallelepiped, set vertically, forms the base, the crown is more careful, endowed with huge ball of sundial based on pyramidal base. The main face of the block is limited by small frame, where they entered a long headed the construction of the commemorative monument and its timing:
"N. VII LEGOA / D. MARIA I / RAINHA FIDELISSIMA DE PORTUAL / NOSSA SENHORA / PIA ILUSTRE MEMORÁVEL / PARA UTILIDADE PÚBLICA / MANDOU DEMARCAR COM ESTE PADRÃO / AS LEGOAS DA CIDADE DE LISBOA CAPITAL / DO REINO PARA AS PROVÍNCIAS COM / DISTÂNCIA DE TRÊS MIL OITOCENTOS E / QUATRO PASSOS GEOMÉTRICOS / SENDO INSPECTOR GERAL DAS ESTRADAS REAIS E OBRAS PUBLICAS DE RIBATEJO / D. JOSÉ LUIS DE MENESES CONDE DE VALADARES, NO ANNO DE MDCCLXXXVIII / UN DECIMO DESTE FELICISSIMO / REINADO" .
This title is clear as to the timing of the piece (1788)
Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate
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