1 NORTH TOWER BELLS

For the hour strikes

Measurements: 1.62 m diameter by 1.35 m height in the vessel

Weight: approximately, 1,611 Kg

Name: it is linked to the function of the clock to sound each hour.

Smelting year: 1576

For the quarter strikes

Measurements: 0.92 m diameter by 0.95 m height in the vessel.

Weight: approximately, 436 Kg.

Name: it is linked to the function of the clock to sound every quarter of an hour.

Smelting year: 1592.

María

Measurements: 2.50 m diameter by 2.25 m height in the vessel

Weight: approximately, 10,060 kg

Use: on the most formal occasions and to sound for the deceased. It is the most symbolic, the largest and the noisiest of all the Cathedral’s bells. Its ring can be heard from a 14 km radius. It is the largest bell in use in Spain.

Smelting year: 15th September 1584 by Pedro de Villanueva.

Ursúa Irigoyen, I., Las campanas de la catedral de Pamplona, Pamplona, Music Chamber, Cathedral M. of Pamplona, 1984. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/libro?codigo=212173

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