Tower-bell instruments in Central and South America:
index by country

Tower bell instruments, including traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, chimes, etc., may be found in Central and South America in the following countries:

AG - Antigua & Barbuda AR - Argentina BM - Bermuda BR - Brazil CR - Costa Rica CU - Cuba DO - Dominican Republic SV - El Salvador GT - Guatemala HN - Honduras JM - Jamaica AN - Netherlands Antilles NI - Nicaragua PE - Peru PR - Puerto Rico SR - Suriname (formerly a department of Ned.Antilles) TT - Trinidad UY - Uruguay VE - Venezuela

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NOTES:

This index not only is geographic but also includes information from the mechanism-specific indexes for this region. Sites are tagged as follows:

trad
traditional carillon

non-trad
non-traditional carillon (all mechanisms) or carillon-sized collection

????
mechanism is unknown (might be traditional or non-traditional carillon; for the moment, these are indexed as if "non-trad")

chime
chime (all mechanisms) or chime-sized collection

coll
unrelated bells collected together in one place (e.g., a museum)
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Antigua & Barbuda (AG)
Formerly part of the colonial British West Indies; an independent state of the British Commonwealth since 1981.

ANTIGUA                       : B. W. I.     chime
   Northwest Tower 
   Cathedral Church of St.John the Divine 
     (Anglican)

Argentina (AR)

BUENOS AIRES - ME             : ARGENTINA    ????
   Mercado 
BUENOS AIRES - MU             : ARGENTINA    non-trad
   Torre del Consejo Deliberante
   Municipio 
LA MERCED                     : ARGENTINA    non-trad
   (Unknown) 
MERCEDES                      : ARGENTINA    ????
   Iglesia de los Palotinos

Bermuda (BM)
An overseas territory of the UK.

PEMBROKE                      : BERMUDA      trad
   St.John's Cathedral 
SMITH'S PARISH                : BERMUDA      chime
   Church of St.Mark the Apostle (Anglican)

Brazil (BR)

BELO HORIZONTE                : BRAZIL       trad
   Cathedral 
BRASILIA                      : BRAZIL       chime
   Catholic Church 
SAO PAULO - MC                : BRAZIL       trad
   Catedral da Sé
   Metropolitan Cathedral
   Catedral Metropolitana de São Paulo 
SAO PAULO - VF                : BRAZIL       trad
   Catholic church

Chile (CL)

SANTIAGO                      : CHILE        non-trad
   Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced

Costa Rica (CR)

CARTAGO                       : COSTA RICA   chime
   Almacén Gonzalez

Cuba (CU)

HABANA                        : CUBA         trad
   Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Dominican Republic (DO)

HIGUEY                        : DOMINICAN R  non-trad
   Catedral Basilica de Nuestra Señora 
     de la Altagracia

El Salvador (SV)

SAN SALVADOR                  : EL SALVADOR  trad
   Iglesia Maria Auxiliadora

Guatemala (GT)

GUATEMALA CITY                : GUATEMALA    ????
   (Unknown)

Honduras (HN)

TEGUCIGALPA                   : HONDURAS     trad
   Basilica de Suyapa

Jamaica (JM)

MONTEGO BAY                   : JAMAICA      chime
   St.James Parish Church (Anglican)

Netherlands Antilles (AN)
Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, though internally autonomous since 1954.

ARUBA                         : NED.ANTIL.   chime
   Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers 
FILIPSBURG - G                : NED.ANTIL.   non-trad
   Government House
FILIPSBURG - SF               : NED.ANTIL.   non-trad
   Spritzer & Fuhrmann 
ORANJESTAD                    : NED.ANTIL.   chime
   Shopping Mall 
WILLEMSTAD - CB/1             : NED.ANTIL.   chime
   Citco Bank
WILLEMSTAD - CB/2             : NED.ANTIL.   chime
   Citco Bank
WILLEMSTAD - CM               : NED.ANTIL.   trad
   Rooftop
   Curaçao Museum 
WILLEMSTAD - SF/1             : NED.ANTIL.   chime
   Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers 
WILLEMSTAD - SF/2             : NED.ANTIL.   ????
   Spritzer & Fuhrmann, Jewellers

Nicaragua (NI)

LEON                          : NICARAGUA    trad
   Cathedral

Peru (PE)

LIMA - CC                     : PERU         non-trad
   Catholic Church 
LIMA - SDF                    : PERU         non-trad
   Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Fatima

Puerto Rico (PR)

BAYAMON                       : PUERTO RICO  ????
   Collegia Santa Rita 
HATO REY                      : PUERTO RICO  non-trad
   Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico 
   (Universidad Politécnica de P.R.)

Suriname (SR)
Formerly the colony of Dutch Guiana, this country has been independent since 1975.

PARAMARIBO - J                : SURINAME     chime
   J.L.Jong A Kiem N.V.
PARAMARIBO - T                : SURINAME     trad
   Toren op Valliantsplein

Trinidad (TT)
Formerly a British Colony, the country of Trinidad and Tobago has been independent since 1962.

PORT OF SPAIN                 : TRINIDAD     chime
   Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity 
     (Anglican)

Uruguay (UY)

MONTEVIDEO - CC               : URUGUAY      trad
   Beffroi de la Mairie Communale
MONTEVIDEO - Unknown !        : URUGUAY      ????
   (Unknown)

Venezuela (VE)

CARACAS                       : VENEZUELA    chime
   Church 
SAN CRISTOBAL                 : VENEZUELA    trad
   Iglesia de Los Recolletos
   Tachira

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Tower-bell instruments in Central and South America:index by country

Tower-bell instruments in Central and South America:
index by country