CANDELARIA : CANARY IS.

*Location:

   East tower
   Basílica de la Candelaria
   Pl. Patrona de Canarias
   Candalaria, Canary Islands
   LL: N 28.35137, W 16.36965
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells of various dates: 1894 (2),
   1984 (2), 2004 (6); last 6 cast by
   Portilla Brothers (Hermanos Portilla).

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Installation was completed in 2004
     with bells made by various makers 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is unknown
*Links:

The Spanish Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it, and a paragraph about the bells.

A YouTube video records the quarter-strike before the noon hour strike (on A2), followed by the Angelus.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all chimes in this region by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all chimes in this region by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all chimes in this region by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Spain/CI.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/02/02
*Photos:

(none available)

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