*Location:

   Santuario de la Salle
   De La Salle University
   Laguna Campus
   Laguna Boulevard (Highway E3)
   Biñan, Laguna,
     Santa Rosa City, Luzon, Philippines
   LL: N 14.26182, E 121.04527

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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   Office of the Vice President
   W109, MRR Building
   E: stc.vc@dlsu.edu.ph
   - or -
   Santuario de la Salle
   E: lasalleshrine/@/lasalle DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells made in Belgium

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is unknown
   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: 
     Height of console:                  - meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    5 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  15 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  98%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The University Website does not show the carillon tower on the campus map.  But there is a page about it, though no photo.

The Facebook presence of the Santuario includes a photo celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the blessing of the carillon bells, and another from the dedication, showing most of the bells.  Photo showing all the bells;  photo from the fundraising phase, with an architectural rendering of the tower;  closeup photo, from the east, with decoration visible;  photo looking up the tower; 
Video (1:24): MAY THE BELLS BE WITH YOU (Star Wars theme?)
Video (1:14): St. John Baptist de La Salle, Patron of Teachers, pray for us! (Happy Birthday melody)

Google StreetView, Aug.2024, from the south side of the Rotunda, looking SSW

Page about the project to build the Sanctuary

Page about the bells

The video of the consecration of the Santuario (5:32) includes views of the bell tower

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

Ranking among all Asia & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Philippines.

   This page was built from the database on  3-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/28