Sundials of the Clarée
Névache
There are around thirty sundials on the facades of houses in the valley. Whether modern or antique, they all have a special story to tell through their varied decorations, ranging from neo-classical to rococo, exotic or floral.
But what is a sundial?
It's made up of a time table, where the hours are inscribed, and a style or gnomon, which gave rise to the word 'gnomonic'. The style is a metal rod inserted into the wall, whose shadow on the hour table allows the solar time to be read.
Each hamlet in the valley has its own sundial - it's up to you to find them!
In La Vachette :
- The Mallinier 'Vita fugit sicut umbra' sundial, 1840.
- Barthelemy sundial 'La vita es gaïro. Un ris, un souffle, un pleur', 1852
Au Rosier :
- Le refuge double dial: One bearing 'Ad Solem vertitur umbra', 1740 and the other 'Forte Tua', 1932.
- Voiron dial 'Depuis le soleil jusqu'à l'ombre , Voiron', 1815.
- Les Airelles sundial 'Obliviscere malarum profer optima', 1997.
In Val-des-Prés :
- Zarbula sundial 'Without the sun I am nothing and you without God you can do nothing', 1843.
- Republican sundial with flags, 1881.
- Val-des-Prés school sundial 'Your notebook opens and you discover the world', 1998.
- Maison Alphand 'N'en perds aucune' sundial, 1990.
- Town hall sundial 'Liberté, égalité, fraternité', 2006.
Plampinet :
- Bellet house sundial 'Ora ne te fallat hora', 1869.
- Saint-Sébastien church sundial 'Remember your last hour and you will never sin', 1823.
- Honey factory sundial, 1985
- Maison Maquet sundial 'Where there's a will, there's a way', 2007.
Ville-Haute :
- Maison Rochas 'MDCCLXXXV CR'.
- La Bélière, 'S.C L.C', 1885
- Church sundial, 'Vita Fugit sicut umbra', restored in 1991.
- Maison Maritan, 'Vale Hora', 1988.
- Old school dial (nevasport): 'A B C D E ..... 1 2 3 4 5 ...', 1991.
Ville Basse / Le Cros :
- Old school sundial 'Il n'y a pas d'heure pour apprendre', 1991.
- Maison Arduin (Le Cros): 'Pensons souvent à notre heure dernière'.
But what is a sundial?
It's made up of a time table, where the hours are inscribed, and a style or gnomon, which gave rise to the word 'gnomonic'. The style is a metal rod inserted into the wall, whose shadow on the hour table allows the solar time to be read.
Each hamlet in the valley has its own sundial - it's up to you to find them!
In La Vachette :
- The Mallinier 'Vita fugit sicut umbra' sundial, 1840.
- Barthelemy sundial 'La vita es gaïro. Un ris, un souffle, un pleur', 1852
Au Rosier :
- Le refuge double dial: One bearing 'Ad Solem vertitur umbra', 1740 and the other 'Forte Tua', 1932.
- Voiron dial 'Depuis le soleil jusqu'à l'ombre , Voiron', 1815.
- Les Airelles sundial 'Obliviscere malarum profer optima', 1997.
In Val-des-Prés :
- Zarbula sundial 'Without the sun I am nothing and you without God you can do nothing', 1843.
- Republican sundial with flags, 1881.
- Val-des-Prés school sundial 'Your notebook opens and you discover the world', 1998.
- Maison Alphand 'N'en perds aucune' sundial, 1990.
- Town hall sundial 'Liberté, égalité, fraternité', 2006.
Plampinet :
- Bellet house sundial 'Ora ne te fallat hora', 1869.
- Saint-Sébastien church sundial 'Remember your last hour and you will never sin', 1823.
- Honey factory sundial, 1985
- Maison Maquet sundial 'Where there's a will, there's a way', 2007.
Ville-Haute :
- Maison Rochas 'MDCCLXXXV CR'.
- La Bélière, 'S.C L.C', 1885
- Church sundial, 'Vita Fugit sicut umbra', restored in 1991.
- Maison Maritan, 'Vale Hora', 1988.
- Old school dial (nevasport): 'A B C D E ..... 1 2 3 4 5 ...', 1991.
Ville Basse / Le Cros :
- Old school sundial 'Il n'y a pas d'heure pour apprendre', 1991.
- Maison Arduin (Le Cros): 'Pensons souvent à notre heure dernière'.
