{"id":5585,"date":"2026-10-14T10:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basilicadisanpetronio.org\/?page_id=5585"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:54:07","slug":"cassini-meridian-line","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.basilicadisanpetronio.org\/en\/cassini-meridian-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassini&#8217;s Meridian Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5585\" class=\"elementor elementor-5585 elementor-5584\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a560a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96a560a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632188e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"632188e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The video explores the great pinhole meridian line created by <strong>Gian Domenico Cassini<\/strong> in 1655 inside the <strong>Basilica of San Petronio<\/strong> in Bologna, one of the most remarkable astronomical instruments of the early modern period.<\/p><p>The film was produced within <strong>Ferrara delle Scienze 2026 \u2013 Il Cielo<\/strong>, a <strong>Public Engagement project of the University of Ferrara<\/strong> devoted to the ways in which the sky is observed, measured, represented and communicated.<\/p><p>Scientific coordinators of the project: Manuela Incerti and Paolo Lenisa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad5b56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"1ad5b56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=2zWIjKbL7e0&quot;,&quot;yt_privacy&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video explores the great pinhole meridian line created by Gian Domenico Cassini in 1655 inside the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, one of the most remarkable astronomical instruments of the early modern period. 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