Great Bell (Campanone) of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State
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Biggest of six bells installed in bell room of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome - Vatican City
Waymark Code: WM9D1T
Location: Vatican City State
Date Posted: 08/03/2010
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The six bells of the Basilica were placed in the room below the clock on the left. The largest of the bells - campanone has a diameter of 2.50 meter, a height of 2.60 meter, measuring 7.5 meters in circumference and weighing about 11 tons. It was cast in 1786 by Luigi Valadier and blessed by Pius VI in the same year. From 1931, the bells are operated electrically, thus permitting even the largest bell to be tolled from a distance.
It is rung at Christmas and Easter, on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, and every time the Pope imparts the "Urbi et Orbi" blessing (to the city and to the world). The note of this bell is E3.
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