The heaviest sundials in the Czech Republic are in Slatina

A massive block of granite, four-meter length and less than three meters tall, weighing nine tons, you can hardly miss. When mining the rock it is very rare to brake the stone of this dimensions and interesting shape, and therefore was retained in the new, attractive format for future generations. You can find it easily on a hill above the village in the direction to Chanovice. Based on available information it is the heaviest sundial in the Czech Republic. Located right by the entrance gate to the quarry of stone in Slatina, and from a distance looks more like a memorial. On closer look, you can not fail to notice the carved numerals and astrological signs that predicate about the purpose of this solitary stone the most. Engraved astrological signs of the zodiac signs inform about the monthly signs. Line in the shape of number eight, which cuts across the area of hours, then indicates the degree of deviation from the exact time. The sundial is not inherently able to recognize the rotation of unnatural, summer and winter time.

Find your time to visit the village Slatina, not only for the heaviest sundials in Bohemia and Moravia, which never tick, but also for its other beauties and mysteries ...