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Analematic sundial (Kyiv)

Ukraine / Kyyivska / Hatne / Kyiv

They are unique in that they do not have the usual gnomon (rod or pole), whose shadow, falling on the dial, allows you to determine the time. For this, a person needs to become himself on the dial and find out the time by his own shadow.
It is necessary to become on the dial, on which there is a scale in the form of a figure eight with twelve dates (corresponding to 12 months of the year). The length of the chronometer is about three meters, and its base is made of paving slabs.
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Coordinates:   50°26'2"N   30°25'38"E
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