Sundial in Kronstadt description and photos - Russia - St. Petersburg: Kronshtadt (Topic)

Sundial in Kronstadt description and photos - Russia - St. Petersburg: Kronshtadt. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The sundial in Kronstadt appeared in 2005. They not only decorate the city, but also have practical value. They can be used to determine the local solar time.

The sundial is located on a cone-shaped hill south of the Water Tower. Four staircases lead up to the hill from four cardinal points. As on the city's coat of arms, on the flat top of the hill is a granite crown with teeth reminiscent of a fortress wall. Such a similarity makes one recall the inaccessibility of the forts located on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, which are the pride and glory of the city of Kronstadt.

Another symbol of the glory and greatness of the Russian fleet is the ancient large Admiralty anchor, which was made by Russian craftsmen at the beginning of the 18th century. The anchor fits organically into the "crown" framing the disk of the Sundial. The shade from the armature stem is the hand indicating the time on the dial of the Sundial with Roman numerals. There is no other place in the world where such an anchor is used.

The teeth of the "crown" located in the same plane with the large dial represent a small sundial. With their help, you can easily determine what time it is in astronomical time in any time zone of the Earth (for this, the names of the main cities are written on each disk). After all, it was from Kronstadt that the ships were poisoned on long journeys. Kronstadt glorified names. F. Kruzenshtern, Yu.F. Lisyanskogor, P.K. Pakhtusova, F.F. Bellingshausen, F.P. Litke, S.O. Makarova, M.P. Lazarev and many other navigators.

To obtain the mean mechanical time, it is necessary to make a correction for the winter, daylight saving time and correct according to the table of the solar time equation available on the dial. So you can determine the time at the same time in twenty-five time zones. The meridian is visible in the middle of the northern path. The rod and the anchor spindle are located in its plane.

The author of the Sundial in Kronstadt is Viktor Kakhi

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