Dear Willy and all,
The hour lines still (partly) visible were laid out as a millennium
project. An earlier project was started in 1939, but was interrupted by
the beginning of World War II. It is interesting to note that some
traces of those hour lines are still visible; in the attached
More than once at this list the obelisk on Place de la Concorde in Paris and the sundial using the obelisk as the gnomon, was mentionned.On Google Earth, fragments of several hour lines are visible as points on the car area and as lines on the pedestrian precinct of Place de la ConcordeThe
Some further details about the Obelisk sundial :
http://www.cadrans-solaires.org/gb/vuduciel.html
cheers
François Blateyron
- Original Message -
From: Willy Leenders
To: Sundial sundiallist
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 6:27 PM
Subject: Place de la Concorde on Google
