Rocca di Pecetto - Parco astronomico del cielo

History & Culture

Pecetto di Valenza

P.O.I.

15040 Pecetto di Valenza (AL)
Rocca del paese
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The "Rocca" of Pecetto di Valenza, with its "Astronomical Park" that also includes "The Path of the Planets".

Tools and models installed:
- Solar System to scale (models and charts of the sun and the planets).
- Three Sundials (to explore the history of time measurement).
- Hipparchus circle (to define the instant of the Equinox and Latitude).
- Hindu Circle (to locate North-South/East-West routes on the ground).
– Ptolemy’s Plinth (to measure the Altitude and the Azimuth of the sun).
– Compass Rose (to locate several zones of interest on the horizon).
- Two telescope stations (to observe and photograph the sky)