Bell Tower of the Toulon Cathedral - Toulon, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben
N 43° 07.284 E 005° 56.041
31T E 738682 N 4778475
The Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Seds de Toulon, also known as Sainte-Marie-Majeure, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument of France located in Toulon, in the Var department of France.
Waymark Code: WMTGN1
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 11/22/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1
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Built from 1737 to 1740, the bell tower is a square tower, 36 meters high, whose base walls are 3 meters thick. Surmounted by the campanile, whose bell has been the rhythm of life in Toulon since 1524, it houses four bells that replaced in 1806 and 1807 those that the Revolution had confiscated and melted. The notes are: ut, la, sol, fa. The biggest one is called the Holy Trinity. The other three are called Savior, Marie, and Cyprian.

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La cathédrale Sainte-Marie-de-la-Seds de Toulon, aussi connue sous le nom de Sainte-Marie-Majeure, est une cathédrale catholique romaine située à Toulon, dans le département du Var.

Edifié de 1737 à 1740, le clocher est une tour carrée, haute de 36 mètres, dont les murs de base ont 3 mètres d’épaisseur. Surmonté par le campanile de l’horloge dont la cloche rythme la vie toulonnaise depuis 1524, il abrite 4 cloches qui ont remplacé en 1806 et 1807 celles que la Révolution avait confisquées et fondues. Les notes sont : ut, la, sol, fa. La plus grosse est baptisée la Sainte Trinité. Les trois autres se nomment Sauveur, Marie et Cyprien.

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Address of Tower:
55 Place de la Cathédrale
TOULON, France
83000


Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 4

Relevant website?: [Web Link]

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