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Brussels big bell
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Recordist's notes
The Brussels big bell, called Salvator. This is a 1638 bell made by the bellfounder Peeter Vanden Gheyn. The ringing system is very old. Renovating it would be a must. We ringed Salvator manually the 11/11/11 at 11h11. Thanks to Thibaut Boudart welcoming us !
About the place
Brussels is a city of about 1,019,022 people in Brussels Capital, Belgium. OttoAnna lists 565 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Bruxelles, Belgique - Brussels big bell” by Vincent Duseigne – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0