Institute and Museum of the History of Science
22 March - 23 September 2007 - Extended until 22 December 2007

An exhibition devoted to the antique sundials in the Florentine area is going to be organized on the occasion of the building of a new Florentine sundial in piazza dei Giudici, in front of the Museum's entrance. The new sundial will be inaugurated on the next summer solstice.

The exhibition will suggest an ideal itinerary in Florence throughout the sundials sites, highlighting with models, patterns, slide shows and ancient items, the history of these exceptional time witnesses.

The meridian line in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

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