*Location:

   Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace
   Crkva Sv.Jakova (St.James Church)
   Međugorje, Bosnia
     (formerly part of Yugoslavia)
   LL: N 43.19067, E 17.67766

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Information Centre
   Gospin trg 1
   88266 Medjugorge
   Bosnia i Hercegovina
   T: +387-36-653-350   F: +387-36-653-390
   E: icmm@medjugorje.hr

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Originally reported as
   St.Mary's RC Cathedral.
   Unknown which tower holds these bells;
   there may be others.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 47 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1990
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

The English Wikipedia article about this place has photos of the building, clickable for large and huge versions, with bells slightly visible in the right-hand tower.
Rear view; bells visible in both towers
Rear view
Front view

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Bosnia.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/01/05
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/05