The Campanario
by Joan Carroll
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Title
The Campanario
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
As the sun was setting, a warm glow enveloped Mission San Diego and the Campanario which is the structure supporting the mission bells. The campanario is 46 feet high. the crow-topped bell on the lower right is named Ave maria Purisima-Immaculate Mary. It weighs 805 pounds and was cast in 1802. A crown-topped bell was usually supplied by the Spanish King and cast in the royal foundry in Barcelona at the King's expense or made in a country ruled by Spain. Ave Maria Purisima was in the vestibule of St Joseph's Church and was hung in the campanario after the reconstruction of Mission San Diego in 1931. The bell on the lower left is called Mater Dolorosa-Our Lady of Sorrows. It weight 1200 pounds and was recast by the Standard Iron Works of San Diego in 1895 from bell fragments found in the vicinity of the Mission. All five bells are rung in unison only once a year on the birthday of the mission (July 16). The bells played an important role in the everyday life of the Mission A sequence of tones and rhythms was developed for each occasion. they were used to announce times for Mass, work, meals, and siestas. The bells signaled danger, rang solemnly to honor the dead and pealed joyously to celebrate feast days, weddings and fiestas. A stand-alone bell was located approximately one mile from the mission, and another was placed two miles from the mission. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries when a Franciscan rang the two-mile bell, it could be heard at the mission. This signified company! So they got the food going and the bed ready for the weary travelers.
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May 31st, 2013
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