The sundial on the Parnidis dune

The Parnidis Dune, rising to a height of 53 meters, is adorned with a sundial - calendar. It consists of a circular court, with small steps rising in a semicircle, marking the hours. In the center of the site stands an obelisk 13.8 m in height of polished stone, from which a shadow falls and becomes a clockwise arrow. The obelisk is carved with calendar runes and holiday icons taken from the 17th century. wooden calendar. On the sides of the square are four sculptural figures for the spring and autumn equinoxes and the summer and winter solstice. Parnidis Dune is the only place in Lithuania where you can watch the sun rising from the water and descending into the water.

The sundial - a calendar built in 1995, was created by authors: architect Richard Krištopavičius, sculptor Klaudijus Pūdymas, ethnocosmologist Libertas Klimka.

1999 Hurricane Anatoly, which broke through Lithuania, destroyed part of the sundial, however, in November 2011, a broken clock cell was reconstructed.

Sources:

1. www.visitneringa.com