*Location:

   Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
   Piazza Duomo/
   Piazza Padre Reginaldo Giuliani
   Bergamo Alto, Bergamo, Italy
   LL: N 45.70312, E 9.66229

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Curia Diocesesana
   Piazza Duomo 5
   24129 Bergamo
   T: 035/278.111   F: 035/278.250
   E: info/@/diocesibg DOTit

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Giacomo Crespi, Crema.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1766
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

The Italian Wikipedia article about the building has photos that include its campanile, but does not mention the bells.

A page about the Basilica has an overhead photo of it.

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

Ranking among all Italian chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Italian chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Italian chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Italy.

   This page was built from the database on  4-May-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/24
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/05