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.
Friday, December 10, 2010
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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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