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Antonio Santucci's armillary sphere is one of the symbols of the wealth of the world cultural heritage: it is an elaborate representation of the geocentric universe as it was known at that time. Its exceptional dimensions (more than 3 meters high) make it an object which is considered as a complex structure, built with a technique of mixite made of nail-laminated timber. Constructed at the end of...