5/5 Alex L. 1 year ago on Google • 1251 reviews
Beautiful
obelisk
on
top
of
the
hill
and
culminating
point
of
the
trip.
More
info
about
it
:
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.