*Location:

   Chiesa di S.Pietro Apostolo
   (San Pietro in Cattedra)
   Plaza Giuseppe Garibaldi
   Via Roma & Piazzale Vittorio Veneto
   Valleggio sul Mincio, Verona, Italy
   LL: N 45.35279, E 10.73582

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*Contact:

   Parrocchia di Vestenanova
   T: 045 747 0049

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Cavadini VR (3,1886; 1,1902;
   1,1911; 4,1965); bells "fixed" (dead),
   though hung at ground level to look
   as if they could swing.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1965
     with bells made by Cavadini    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  - meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    4 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   6 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The Italian Wikipedia article about the church mentions the tower and its clock but not the bells; there is no photo that shows the tower.

A page about the architectural history of the church has one photo that shows the tower, and a paragraph describing it (but not the bells).

Google StreetView of the ground-level bell frame

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Cavadini bellfoundry, 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 26-Apr-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/03/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/03/23