Via Rivoli, Susa

This is a extremely simple dial. They just just one of the anchors of the wall to create a support for a gnomon. The face of the dial is just a wedge. The position of dial is not well chosen. When I took the picture, around noon, the dial was in the shadow of the the gutters. Notice that the gnomon is pointing in the wrong direction, so I assume that they intended the horizontal stick to be used as gnomon.

The dial shows markers for the hours and half-hours from 6 to 6 o’clock. But I do not know at what date this is correct.

The dial can be found in Susa, Italy in the Via Rivoli close to the Piazza San Giusto naturally on the northern part of the street.

Seen on 12 july around noon.

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