Les Thuiles

This sundial is fairly straightforward. It has only hourlines indicated by roman numerals. The motto reads “je passe et je reviens, tu passe & ne reviens pas”, translates as ‘I come and return, you come and do not return’. The dial was created in 1881 and was restored in 1996 by JFG.

Location: Church, Les Thuiles, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France

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Chaudon 2

A very nice recent dial on Maison Derbez B. I assume these are the owners of the house. The dial has been created in 2004. I am not sure who are the creators as there are multiple initials, such as J.F.G. and Ph. & G.L. The painting on the dial is simple with just some grapes. The motto of the dial is “Un temps pour semer, un temps pour vendanger”. This translates very roughly to “a time to sow the seeds, a time to pick the fruits”. There is also an intricate square, with four lines, which read Sator, Arepo, Tenet, Opera, Rotas. This is a latin palindrome. The sentence reads the same from back to front, up to down and down to up. There are four number at each corner of the square (1, 4, 3, 6). Not sure what that means.

There are many lines visible on the dial. Naturally the lines for hours and half-hours, indicated in Roman numbers. Also the date lines are visible, indicated as 21 jun, 10, jul, 10 aug, 3 sep, 23 sep, 14 oct, 4 nov, 1 dec and 21 dec. And if you wonder why these dates, they equate the number of sunshine hours (durée du jour) (15.5, 15, 14, ...9, 8h43m). And finally the time before sunset is indicated by the black lines.

Location: Chaudon, Ubaye, Alpes de Haute-Provence, 04, France

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Chaudon 1

This dial is hidden between the grape vines. It is a very simple dial, with just some hour- and half hourlines. These lines have been continued above the gnomon for artistic purposes and show thus the solar rays.

Location: Chaudon, Ubaye, Alpes de Haute-Provence, 04, France

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St. Chapelle en Valgaudemar

A nice simple sundial with hourlines 5 to 2 o’clock. It has been created in 1975. The imagery reminds of the high mountains of that village. The motto reads “Tuer le temps ou vivre l’instant”, which translates to “Kill the time or life now”.

Location: Mairie, St. Chapelle, Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes (05), France

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Embrun

A very nice sundial. The dial face itself shows hourlines from 9 to 7 o’clock and has some declination lines. The motto says “Coume vores veyre lou foun de l’aygue se fas que de la boulega”. I have no idea what that translates to. I wonder what the imagery means.

Location: Place E. Barthelon, Embrun, Hautes-Alpes (05), France

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Westminster church

A set of two sundials on the Westminster Church. The dials are pretty high up. The designs are very simple. Interestingly one dial face is oriented to the north and thus the gnomon is oriented from the bottom up outwards. First time I saw such a dial.

Location: Westminster Church, Parliament Square, Westminster, London, England, UK

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Carpentras

A recent noon mark dial. It shows only the noon hour and the hour before and after. Around the noon line one can see the analemna. Also the declination lines are shown. The time is indicated by a circle with a hole in it.

The dial was created in 1975. And can be found on the north-side of the Place Charles de Gaulle.

Location: Place Charles de Gaulle, Carpentras, Vaucluse (84), France

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