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Meridiana-Pomodoro
Taino Park was realized in 1991 on a project of the artist Giò Pomodoro, author of the sculpture "The Place of the four cardinal points" located in the center of the park. The park is a large green space in the center of the town, leaning towards Lake Maggiore and Monte Rosa, which enchants the visitor for its unique and suggestive panorama. The monument "The place of the four cardinal points" by Giò Pomodoro is a work made of white, grey and pink granite, water and iron, celebrating the summer solstice. It has at its center the tall pillar-gnomon (8.64 m from the ground level), which, precisely on the date of June 21 at noon, captures through a slot cut into it and marked in black marble on the surface, the sun's rays and projects them onto the fallen pillar, at the point indicated on a notch. On that day, the sun, which is on the north-south alignment behind the pillar, obscures the horizontal monolith with its bronze pyramidal tip with its shadow, except for a portion carved into the notch that remains lit for a short time, signaling the summer solstice.
Meridiana-Pomodoro
Taino Park was realized in 1991 on a project of the artist Giò Pomodoro, author of the sculpture "The Place of the four cardinal points" located in the center of the park. The park is a large green space in the center of the town, leaning towards Lake Maggiore and Monte Rosa, which enchants the visitor for its unique and suggestive panorama. The monument "The place of the four cardinal points" by Giò Pomodoro is a work made of white, grey and pink granite, water and iron, celebrating the summer solstice. It has at its center the tall pillar-gnomon (8.64 m from the ground level), which, precisely on the date of June 21 at noon, captures through a slot cut into it and marked in black marble on the surface, the sun's rays and projects them onto the fallen pillar, at the point indicated on a notch. On that day, the sun, which is on the north-south alignment behind the pillar, obscures the horizontal monolith with its bronze pyramidal tip with its shadow, except for a portion carved into the notch that remains lit for a short time, signaling the summer solstice.