LOCATION
This sculpture is on top of 53 meters‘ high Parnidis dune located near Nida.
Coordinates: 55.2949616, 20.9885601 Address: Parndis dune, Nida
Photo: visitneringa.lt,
ATTRACTIONS
Built in 1995, authors: architect Ričardas Krištopavičius, sculptor Klaudijus Pūdymas, ethno cosmologist Libertas Klimka.
Obelisk stone of 36t came from Karelia quarry. From an astronomic perspective, Parnidis dune is the best place for such a clock in Lithuania. An absolute mathematic horizon opens up from here. From atop the dune one can see sun rising from the lagoon and setting into the sea. The clock obelisk is the highest point of the Curonian Spit. The sun clock shows the real local time. The top of the obelisk had been broken off by the Hurricane Anatolijus in 1999, and was restored in 2011.
INFORMATION SOURCES (links)
Heritage Class: [ C ] Cultural Heritage
Subclass [WH] : Waterfronts and traditional harbor areas
WEB PAGES:
http://visitneringa.com/en/what-to-see/sculptures-monuments/sundial-calendar
https://turizmogidas.lt/en/places-of-interest/neringos-rajono-savivaldybe/
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMF0R4_Nida_Sundial_Nida_Curonian_Spit_Lithuania
