{"id":1004311,"date":"2024-06-25T17:17:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turismopadova.it\/luogo\/tour-et-horloge-astronomique-de-la-piazza-dei-signori\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T01:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T00:58:20","slug":"tour-et-horloge-astronomique-de-la-piazza-dei-signori","status":"publish","type":"luogo","link":"https:\/\/www.turismopadova.it\/fr\/lieux\/tour-et-horloge-astronomique-de-la-piazza-dei-signori\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour et Horloge astronomique de la Piazza dei Signori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construite par l\u2019ing\u00e9nieur et astronome Jacopo Dondi, c\u2019est la plus ancienne horloge astronomique en \u00e9tat de marche plac\u00e9e sur une tour. Dot\u00e9e d\u2019un \u00e9l\u00e9gant cadran bleu, elle pr\u00e9sente les symboles du zodiaque et les grandes lignes de la th\u00e9orie de Ptol\u00e9m\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Construite en 1344 par le c\u00e9l\u00e8bre ing\u00e9nieur et astronome Jacopo Dondi de Chioggia, l\u2019horloge repr\u00e9sente la th\u00e9orie astronomique de Ptol\u00e9m\u00e9e, le syst\u00e8me astronomique qui pla\u00e7ait la Terre au centre de l\u2019Univers.<\/p>\n<p>La tour, haute de 30 m\u00e8tres, comporte cinq \u00e9tages int\u00e9rieurs&nbsp;: les trois premiers contiennent des pi\u00e8ces du m\u00e9canisme de l\u2019horloge, les deux autres \u00e9taient la r\u00e9sidence du ma\u00eetre-horloger, qui \u00e9tait gardien et responsable de l\u2019astrarium.<\/p>\n<p>Le mouvement est appel\u00e9 mouvement cage et il dispose de deux \u00ab&nbsp;roues&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;: la roue des heures et la roue de la cloche. De forme circulaire, le cadran est divis\u00e9 en faisceaux. Sur le premier, \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, sont incis\u00e9es les heures num\u00e9rot\u00e9es en caract\u00e8res romains, tandis que le faisceau central en plaques de plomb est d\u00e9cor\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9toiles en cuivre. Le troisi\u00e8me faisceau contient les symboles du zodiaque en relief et, au centre, la plan\u00e8te Terre.<\/p>\n<p>Une curiosit\u00e9&nbsp;: le seul signe du zodiaque qui manque est la Balance, Jacopo Dondi ayant utilis\u00e9 des r\u00e9f\u00e9rences romaines. Dans l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9, le signe du Scorpion occupait deux mois&nbsp;: l\u2019un avec le corps et l\u2019autre avec les pinces. Les pinces ont ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 incorpor\u00e9es au signe de la Balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R\u00e9alis\u00e9 par l&rsquo;ing\u00e9nieur et astronome Jacopo Dondi, c&rsquo;est la plus ancienne horloge astrale fonctionnelle situ\u00e9e sur une tour. 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