Wind Rose

Compass points showing different wind directions surround the obelisk in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. The "Wind Rose" is ancient, but it was added to the square in 1850 by Pope Pius IX.

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"Simply I learned about Wisdom....the changes in the sun's course...positions of the stars...powers of winds.... Wisdom, the Artisan of all, taught me."
~Book of Wisdom 7,13-22.