The remains of a vertical sundial on the southern facade of the Paitoni Baroque Palace, above the main entrance. The palace is known among Trogir residents as Pajtun's house [Babić 1991], and an interesting legend is also associated with it [Ivačić 1998]. The legend tells about the three beautiful daughters of the then rich and renowned Paitoni family, who, due to the pleasure and excitement of the masked dance, continued to dance even after the end of the carnival, on Ash Wednesday, which was considered a great sin. The daughters were punished by not being able to remove their masks from their faces, and only the bishop's prayer freed them from the curse. Photos and sundial position courtesy of Dolores Špika.
Literature:
- Špika, D., Bez škveri, 2010. (blog)
- Brešan I., Under the masks of the Pajtunovi: Trogir carnival in the sign of the story, Slobodna Dalmacija, 2011. (link)
- Babić, I., Trogir's baroque palace called Paitun's house, Annual of the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Croatia, no. 17, 1991
- Ivacic, A., Trogir legends, magazine Vartal, no. 1998/1-2, Matica hrvatska Trogir, 1998
