My friend Stefano is following some restoration works in “Villa Maria”, so we were able to climb on top of its tower. From up there we had a great view over the park and over some private gardens nearby, once part of the villa itself.In one of these gardens we saw this strange device, dated 1873. It is a wind rose with marked the initials of all the major winds:
P “Ponente”
M “Maestrale” (Mistral)
T “Tramontana” (Tramontane)
G “Grecale” (Gregale)
L “Levante”
S “Scirocco” (Siroco)
M “Mezzogiorno” (Ostro)
L “Libeccio”
The dial is driven by a weather vane, which we have already seen in detail during one of my walks.
19 comments:
This clock is very interesting, VP! I have never seen something like this. Thanks for sharing with us this piece of information.
This is a really nice post VP. Like Jacob I had never seen one like this.
That is fascinating.
Meant to say like Traveling Hawk.
A very unique clock, I have never seen anything like it before. I'm very glad that Stefano lets you tag along to these places!
May a mistery. Thank you for this escape into time during the middle of the night. Please have a good Friday.
daily athens
This clock is new to me as well, but quite intriguing I must say.
This is very interesting post indeed.
Quite unusual, VP. I haven't seen anything like it.
Oh fantastic. Thanks to your friend.
How cool is that!
It's fantastic and a bit mysterious! Superb post!
what a interesting find! I've definitely never seen this before ;-D
A wind clock...how very wonderful. Thank you!
I'm delighted here, I love old clocks!
Léia
Really interesting. Never seen this before.
What a treat to have friend doing work that allows you to take your camera.
I've never seen a wind rose such as this before. I wonder if it's still functional after all these years.
never seen a clock like this one before !
What a fascinating wind rose! Does it work still?
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