CORDOBA : SPAIN

*Location:

   Iglesia de San Pablo
   Calle de Capitulares,
     at Calle San Pablo
   Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
   LL: N 37.88535, W 4.77568
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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Residencia de San Pablo
   Real Iglesia de San Pablo
   Capitulares, 2
   14002 Córdoba
   T: 957 47 12 00

*Schedule:

   Manual action disused since inaugural
   concert; automatic play of music
   appropriate to the liturgical season,
   daily at 1035, 1420 and 1915.

*Remarks:

   For many years had no wires between
   bells and baton keyboard.  New keyboard
   and transmission by Campanas Quintana,
   to WCF standards.
   Report of 36 bells is incorrect.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 32 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C A   /    C F   
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The present keyboard was installed in 1998
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1900, the complete instrument of 32 bells was installed
       with bells made by Paccard         
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2026
*Links:

A Spanish-language page about the church has a photo of the facade, but the tower is hardly visible.  The carillon is mentioned.

Photos of the belfry, and links to various articles about the bells (all in Spanish).

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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 Spain.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 27-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/05/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/05/22
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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