Rosa de los vientos - Benissoda, Valencia, España - Compass Roses on Waymarking.com

Una rosa de los vientos , con los nombres de los 8 vientos principales, sirve de base para este reloj de sol y calendario astronómico. Inserto esquema de los puntos cardinales respecto al viento.

"Consta de tres cubos de metal superpuestos fabricados en acero y situado sobre una plataforma de hormigón con los vientos. En el del medio y en dos de sus caras están los planos horarios y los meses astrológicos, el reloj trabaja con dos gnomos, uno para las horas matinales y otro para las vespertinas, en las horas cercanas al mediodía trabajan los dos gnomos proyectando en caras diferentes idénticas sombras y la misma hora.
Ambos gnomos son los dos vértices inferiores del cubo superior de la cara que mira al sur. Este reloj fue premiado con el 3r premio en 1999 en la 6ª Edición del Congreso de Gnomónica celebrado en Italia. El diseño de la escultura se les artistas Joan Olivares y Rafael Amorós".

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A wind rose, with the names of the 8 main winds, serves as the basis for this sundial and astronomical calendar. Insert scheme of the cardinal points with respect to the wind.


"It consists of three superimposed metal cubes made of steel and located on a concrete platform with the winds. In the middle one and in two of its "Sundial and Parque de las Moreras - Benissoda
It consists of three superimposed metal cubes made of steel and located on a concrete platform with the winds. In the middle one and on two of its faces are the hourly plans and the astrological months, the clock works with two gnomes, one for the morning hours and the other for the evening hours, in the hours close to noon the two gnomes work projecting on faces different identical shadows and the same time.
Both gnomes are the two lower vertices of the upper cube of the face that faces south. This watch was awarded the 3rd prize in 1999 at the 6th Edition of the Gnomonics Congress held in Italy. The sculpture was designed by the artists Joan Olivares and Rafael Amorós".
faces are the hourly planes and the astrological months, the clock works with two gnomes, one for the morning hours and the other for the evening hours, in the hours close to noon the two gnomes work, projecting identical shadows and the same time on different faces.
Both gnomes are the two lower vertices of the upper cube of the face that faces south. This watch was awarded the 3rd prize in 1999 at the 6th Edition of the Gnomonics Congress held in Italy. The sculpture was designed by the artists Joan Olivares and Rafael Amorós".

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