The Près-lah-Rose Science Park in Montbéliard is exemplary in its kind. A large landscaped area between the river and the canal allows us to enjoy all kinds of

The Près-lah-Rose Science Park in Montbéliard is exemplary in its kind. A large landscaped area between the river and the canal allows us to enjoy all kinds of instruments and objects. We highlight a large meridian 35 meters high for its gnomonic orifice. The luminous disk is projected onto a curved surface with an analemma to correct the equation of time: difference between the average day and the solar day. The calculations were made by J.M. Becherd. The sculptural support structure for the hole is also the basis for the placement of different types of sundials: local time, Italian time, bohemian, universal and sidereal time. Tempus fugit: It has been a long time since Franche-Comté passed from the crown of the Spanish Habsburgs to the French Bourbons in the seventeenth century. The map of Europe has been drawn multiple times.