Gallo di Ramperto

The Gallo di Ramperto (Ramperto's Rooster) is a weathercock made of copper sheet, originally gilded and silvered, created in the year 820 or 830 on commission of Bishop Ramperto to adorn the top of the bell tower of the Santi Faustino e Giovita in Brescia.

The rooster, removed from its position only in 1891, after more than a thousand years, to be restored and preserved in the city museum, now the Museo di Santa Giulia, is substantially intact: only the tail feathers, which originally bore the dedicatory inscription, are damaged. Dating back to the early 9th century, the "Gallo di Ramperto" can be considered the oldest surviving weathercock today, with an age of nearly 1200 years.

摘自英文维基百科「Gallo di Ramperto」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。