Sundial 611
- Dial City: St. Augustine
- Dial State/Province: Florida
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 29° 53.568' N
- Dial Nr: 611
- Dial Type: Vertical Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 81° 18.754' W
- Dial Owner: St. Augustine Catholic Church
- Dial Designer: bell-tower designer James Renwick
- Dial Maker:
- Dial Date: Original dial painted in1887
- Location:
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine 38 Cathedral Place, St. Augustine, FL 32084. At the corner of Cathedral and St. George streets. Dial is on the six-story bell tower
- Description:
- This painted dial is about 3 by 4 feet with simple lines marking the hours and quarter hours from 8 am to 5 pm. Hours are marked with. Roman numerals. The gnomon is a replacement of the original, coming out of the wall at a perpendicular angle, then bent for the slightly declining dial. Dial's painted coordinates are about 15" south and 27" east of true (Google Earth).
- Inscription:
- PEREVNT ET IMPVTANTVR (The hours pass, and we must account for them) Latitude 29° 53' 19" N Longitude 81° 18' 28" W
- Other References:
- On Sept 8, 1565. Spanish admiral Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles sighted the Florida coast,
- establishing the first permanent colony in the United States. Though over the years, small parish churches and the chapel of a hospital were used for worship, Dec. 8, 1797, a new church was completed and formally dedicated. on the banks of the Matanza River. A fire destroyed the church in 1887, but the walls and façade were left standing, and the cathedral was rebuilt.
Last Update:
2019-08-03 02:07