Reloj y Campanario de la Basilica

*Location:

   Basilica de la Virgen de Guadelupe
   (Basilica Santa María de Guadelupe)
   Plaza Hidalgo
   Colonia Villa de Guadelupe
   Mexico, D.F., Mexico
   LL: N 19.48420, W 99.11632

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Basilica de la Virgen de Guadelupe
   Plaza Hidalgo 1
   Colonia Villa de Guadelupe
   T: 5577-6022

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   On bell wheel in south section of
   freestanding tower of astronomical
   clockworks.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 19 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1989
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

City page about the tower, in 3 languages

Spanish-language page about the Campanario

Wikimedia Commons category for the bell tower "Carrillon de la basilica de Guadaloupe"

Stock photo

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Mexico/DF, including the 35-bell automatic carillon (SMG/1) at the same place.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/24
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17