The Sundials

Sundials are present in the villages of St Etienne de Tinée de St Dalmas Le Selvage but also in hamlets such as Le Bourguet, Douans, Roya or La Blache.
Nowadays more decorative than useful, the primary function of a sundial is to materialize and punctuate time. Sundials are time measuring instruments that use the path of the sun in the sky to give the local time.
Some dials are rich in painted decorations but there are dials with wooden supports, stone or slate slabs fixed on the facades...