Bells of many churches in the Czech Republic have been cast in local workshop od Dytrych family, founded in 1951.
This, however, was struck by lightning in 1689, and the consequent major fire, which melted the bells, necessitated the rebuilding of the top stage of the tower in brick.
The carillon has 17 tubes of cast bell-bronze that chime automatically on the hour, or they can be played manually.
Visitors can pay a small fee and ride up the elevator past all of the array of bell and into the loft of the church, from where tourist binoculars or the naked eye can be used to survey a 360 degree view of the surrounding city.
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The town has a church dedicated to San Jacinto or Saint Hyacinth which houses the oldest church bell (Sancta Maria, 1595) in the far east.
The sacring bell, also known as the sanctus bell, is the bell which rings when the Host is elevated at the celebration of High Mass.
The Parish Church of Saint George is constructed from flint and has a 15th century tower containing 6 bells and a clock.
Other town features include the aqueducts built by Grandmaster Wignacourt in the 17th Century and St Helen's basilica, housing Malta's largest church bell.
The hospital's name originates from a poem entitled "Song of the Church Bell" by German poet and philosopher Friedrich Schiller.
The church is referenced in Gordon Lightfoot's song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald with the lyrics "In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed in the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral. The church bell chimed 'til it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald."
McShane Bell Foundry, church bell manufacturer, located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, USA
The station logo depicts the church bell of Dolores Hidalgo, a symbol of the start of the Mexican War of Independence (1810) and the eleven-year-long insurgency that followed.