https://www.europanostra.org/european-heritage-summit/
In
order to mark the United Nation's annual day of
non-violence and cease-fire as part of the fortieth
International Day of Peace (World Peace Day) and the
opening of the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2021 in
Venice, Italy on September 21, the Europa Nostra
organization held its fourth annual Ringing the Bells
for Peace and Heritage event. On Tuesday, September
21 all of the bells of the city of Venice were rung at
noon. Europa Nostra called upon people throughout
Europe to join this initiative and ring their bells of
their towers on September 21 at noon as well. The event
was livestreamed from the campanile on Venice's Saint
Mark's Square as well as from other historical sites in
Venice. After showing the bells of the campanile and those
of the church San Francesco della vigna ringing
viewers were taken on a campanological tour of Europe.
It started with a bell ringing in the south tower of the
National Palace in Mafra, Portugal followed by the music of Friedrich
Schiller's Ode to Joy from
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony which is the
hymn of the European Union played by the
carillonneur Abel
Chaves on the palace carillon and accompanied by the
trumpet player João Milheiro. It was followed by the sound
of the carillon of the Peace Palace in the Hague,
the Netherlands and bells being rung in the following
other venues throught Europe: the bell tower in Çorum and in Hatussa, Turkey, the churches
Campo bandiera e moro, Venice and Parroquia
matriz de San Lorenzo in Las Palmas, Spain,
the Suomenlinna Church in Helsinki,
Finland,
a chapel and the Church of Panagia tou
Vounou in Folegandros, Greece, the monastery
Santo Toribio de Liébana in
Spain, the Cathedral of Saint-Omer
in Saint-Omer, France, the Church of Saint
Justa and Rufina in Orihuela, Spain, the Convento
de Jesus in Setúbal, Portugal, the Imperial
Palace in
Vienna, Austria, the city hall of Oslo, Norway,
the cathedral and Diocesana Museum in Santarem,
Portugal, the Cathedral of Santa Maria de
València in València, Spain, the Church
of Our Lady of the Rocks in Perast,
Montenegro, the Dečani Monastery, Kosovo,
Saint John's Cathedral, Saint Mary's
Cathedral, the Lady of Our Grace
Cathedral and Holy Cross Catholic Church
in Nicosia, Cyprus, the Church of Our Lady of
Sinj in Sinj, Croatia,
a medieval church in Guraseda in the county of Hunedoara
and the wooden churches in Bozna and Butoiu de Sus,
Romania, the Mother Church in Alcáçovas, Portugal,
the Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity of the
Virgin Mary in Trenčín Castle, Trenčín, Slovakia,
the San
Pedro Church in Évora Monte, Portugal, the Enderrocat
Fortress in Cap Rocat, Mallorca, Spain, the Gjirokastra
Historical Centre in Gjirocastra, Albania, the Zionskirche
in Berlin, Germany, the Church of Santa
Maria de Mediavilla in Peñafiel and the Church
of Jesuitas València in València, Spain and the Church
of San Lazzaro dell'Abbazia
Mechitarista in Venice, Italy. On September 21 at noon the automatic of
the Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten played the
melody of Friedrich Schiller's Ode to Joy
from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony which is the hymn
of the European Union.
Click here
to listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy from his Symphony No. 9 Op.
125 in D minor arranged for carillon by Jeffrey Bossin for the
automatic of the Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten.