巴黎冷知識：巴黎擁有全球最大的日晷

在協和廣場 Place de la Concorde，你能看到一個巨大的方尖碑，這是埃及送給法國的一件文物。

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你再仔細看，會發現方尖碑周圍的地上有交叉的線條和數字，因爲它是個日晷，而且是全球最大的日晷，只要有陽光你就能用它來看時間。

Paris also has an obelisk. Erected at Place de la Concorde, it originally took center stage in front of the Luxor temple in Egypt back then, before being offered to France by the vice-king Mehemet Ali to Charles X in 1830. But did you know that, apart from its symbolic function in marking the Franco-Egyptian friendship, it is also used as a sundial? And it’s the biggest one in the world. Actually, the Place de la Concorde is crossed by lines with Roman numerals written on them. Throughout the day, the shadow of the obelisk gives you the time. Clever, isn’t it?

巴黎還有一座方尖碑。這座方尖碑建於協和廣場之上，它最初位於埃及盧克索神廟前的廣場中央，1830年埃及代理國王梅赫米特·阿里把它獻給了法國查理十世。但你知道嗎，它不僅是法埃友誼的象徵，還被用作日晷。而且它還是世界上最大的日晷。事實上，協和廣場上畫着寫有羅馬數字的交叉線條。在一天裏，方尖碑的影子就會爲你報時。很巧妙，對不對？