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Kaunas Carillon

Lithuania

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Kaunas Carillon (Lithuanian: Kauno kariljonas) is a carillon in the tower of the Vytautas the Great War Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The carillon officially belongs to the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania and Vytautas the Great War Museum. In the interwar period, it was the only carillon in Lithuania, however currently four other carillons are also in Klaipėda, Vilnius, Šakiai, and Gelgaudiškis Manor. The tower where the Kaunas Carillon is located is 32 metres (105 ft) tall and has an observation deck. The total weight of the carillon's 49 bells is 4,334 kilograms (9, 555 lb). The largest bell weighs 751 kilograms (1, 656 lb) and was funded by the Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkienė. Music played on the Kaunas Carillon can be heard within a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) radius.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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