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Astronomy in romanic churches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Ederlinda Viñuales Gavn Open the ORCID record for Ederlinda Viñuales Gavn [Opens in a new window]
Ederlinda Viñuales Gavn*
Affiliation:
Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad de Zaragoza C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, Ed. Matemáticas 50009-ZARAGOZA-SPAIN emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this poster we present a study of the orientation of the church of San Adrián de Sasabé in Borau, Huesca (Spain) in a practical way. This church is a characteristic Romanesque construction, predominant in the High Middle Ages, mainly in southwestern Europe.

The apse of Romanesque churches are oriented towards the east. But, in some churches, the apse has three windows and these are oriented in the direction of the sunrises on the days of the solstices and equinoxes. But sunrises and sunsets depend on the latitude of the place.

The church of San Adrián de Sasabé, the object of our study, has three windows in the apse, which allows us to carry out the necessary calculations to determine its orientation with precision outside the church.

Keywords

HeritageEducationOrientation and Astronomy
Type
Poster Paper
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy , December 2019 , pp. 471 - 473
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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