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Church of San Gersolè

The church, dating to the 13th century, was considerably renovated in the 19th century. Of considerable historical-scientific interest is a marble sundial, intact and still functioning, whose quadrant bears the hour lines (astronomical hours) and the date (1842).

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Texts by Alessandro Tosi

English translation by Victor Beard

Last update 19/gen/2008