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Re:Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Churches by b_emery on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:14PM (#12979861)
When living in Rome I often would spend my lunch walking to Santa Maria degli Angeli to watch the solar transit across the meridian line. A precise scientific instrument, in a Catholic church, built inside a Roman bath (by Michelangelo no less) is one of my favorite examples of the layers of history in that city. The wikipedia article is quite good:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_e_dei...

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Re:Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Churches by irishcoffee on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:24PM (#12979958)
Wow, I was in Rome this past summer, I didn't know anything about this, I would have loved to see it!

Sadly, I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to go back. =((

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Re:Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Churches by b_emery on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:30PM (#12980009)
If you do, it happens daily at local solar noon, so around 12-1 each day.
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