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TVIN

Virovitica (Virovitica-Podravina county)

Coordinates (lat, lon): 45.825128° 17.385467° (OSM, Google Maps, Bing Maps, Mapy.cz)
Characteristics: public

On the south wall of the furniture shop in the premises of timber factory TVIN. It was officially unveiled on the National Day, May 30, 1993. This "Clock of sunny memories" made on a panel of light gray marble was installed above the plaque of red marble with the names of seven TVIN's employees killed in the Croatian War of Independence. The sundial was designed by TVIN's designer, architect Krunoslav Kovač. Production of marble tiles, brass numbers, symbols, labels and gnomon was entrusted to Klesarstvo Lucić from Samobor. Measurement of the azimuth of the wall and calculation of sundial elements was done by students, members of the Astronomy-astronautical Club from elementary school Vladimir Nazor from Virovitica, mentored by Zlatko F. Kovačević. Today, the wall around the sundial is overgrown with parthenocisus, deciduous climbing plant that uses tiny roots to adhere itself to the substrate. In the fall, its leaves become beautifully colored in all shades of yellow, red and orange. This ornamental plant was delivered by company Zrinjevac from Zagreb. More at Zvjezdarnica.com . (Zlatko F. Kovačević)

Last updated: 2011-10-04

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