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Strange Clock My friend Stefano is following some restoration works in “Villa Maria”, so we were able to climb on top of its tower. From up there we had a great view over the park and over some private gardens nearby, once part of the villa itself.
In one of these gardens we saw this strange device, dated 1873. It is a wind rose with marked the initials of all the major winds:

P “Ponente”
M “Maestrale” (Mistral)
T “Tramontana” (Tramontane)
G “Grecale” (Gregale)
L “Levante”
S “Scirocco” (Siroco)
M “Mezzogiorno” (Ostro)
L “Libeccio” The dial is driven by a weather vane, which we have already seen in detail during one of my walks.
 
This clock is very interesting, VP! I have never seen something like this. Thanks for sharing with us this piece of information.

December 10, 2010 at 12:09 AM 
This is a really nice post VP. Like Jacob I had never seen one like this.

December 10, 2010 at 12:11 AM 
That is fascinating.

December 10, 2010 at 12:12 AM 
Meant to say like Traveling Hawk.
 
A very unique clock, I have never seen anything like it before. I'm very glad that Stefano lets you tag along to these places!

December 10, 2010 at 12:55 AM 
May a mistery. Thank you for this escape into time during the middle of the night. Please have a good Friday.


December 10, 2010 at 2:49 AM 
This clock is new to me as well, but quite intriguing I must say.

December 10, 2010 at 3:07 AM 
This is very interesting post indeed.

December 10, 2010 at 4:48 AM 
Quite unusual, VP. I haven't seen anything like it.

December 10, 2010 at 5:02 AM 
Oh fantastic. Thanks to your friend.

December 10, 2010 at 7:20 AM 

December 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM 
It's fantastic and a bit mysterious! Superb post!

December 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM 
what a interesting find! I've definitely never seen this before ;-D

December 10, 2010 at 11:53 AM 
A wind clock...how very wonderful. Thank you!

December 10, 2010 at 1:31 PM 
I'm delighted here, I love old clocks!

December 10, 2010 at 4:28 PM 
Really interesting. Never seen this before.

December 11, 2010 at 2:00 PM 
What a treat to have friend doing work that allows you to take your camera.

I've never seen a wind rose such as this before. I wonder if it's still functional after all these years.

December 11, 2010 at 2:39 PM 
never seen a clock like this one before !

December 13, 2010 at 8:29 AM 
What a fascinating wind rose! Does it work still?

December 15, 2010 at 5:55 PM