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grkvlt
on Nov 18, 2016
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Why Catholics Built Astronomical Features into Chu...
I believe the meridian line in a church was a plot point in 'The Da Vinci Code' so I'm surprised they are not more common knowledge. Yep, described here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Line
Well, the actual meridian line refernced is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomon_of_Saint-Sulpice
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