*Location:

   Vaitopedi Monastery
   Mount Athos, Greece
   LL: N 40.31433, E 24.21211

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page (for Dafni, 1.5 nm SE)

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Possibly more than 12 bells

*Technical data:

   Zvon of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The official Website of the monastery is entirely in Greek.

A related Website indicates that it is located on Mount Athos in Greece, and holds second place in the hierarchy of the Monasteries of Mount Athos.

Very brief YouTube video of the bells (0:22)

In a photo from Wikimedia Commons, the tower is visible.

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

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

Index to all zvons.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Greece.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/22