The Campanile was built and completed in 1923 in commemoration of the centenary of the arrival of the British Settlers in 1820. The site on which it stands used to be the landing beach where the settlers were offloaded before their long journey to the Grahamstown district. The tower is 51.8 meters high and has 204 steps to the top. It also has a carillon of 23 bells.Campanile
The Campanile was built and completed in 1923 in commemoration of the centenary of the arrival of the British Settlers in 1820. The site on which it stands used to be the landing beach where the settlers were offloaded before their long journey to the Grahamstown district. The tower is 51.8 meters high and has 204 steps to the top. It also has a carillon of 23 bells.This Post Has 30 Comments
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Very original. I love the angle and lines in this photo and the colour is rich. Great job!
I love the angle of the photo. It makes the building look very imposing.Well done for climbing to the top too!
Great photo! Very impressive building!
Yes, that looks like a long way to the top. But, after seeing the views in your subsequent posts, the effort was worth it. I can commiserate with you, though, since I climbed to the top of the church on Monmarte in Paris. I was impressed by how worn the old stone steps were, and felt sorry for the priests that climbed those steps daily to ring the bells.
Great shot, very cool persepective!
Fantastic angle on this shot, you gave me some great ideas.Have a great weekendGuyRegina In Pictures
What a view upward! ~Maria
Top marks on the creative angle for quite an unusual image.
Great perspective.
You must have bent over backwards to take that photo! Nice work.
Love the perspective on this photo! Super cool :o)
Great angle, love the blog 🙂 JJ
A wonderfully different view of the bell tower. I wish I could hear the bells.
a different kind of perspective! brings on a different appreciation of the campanile!
What a shot! Love the red bell tower looming up and up…against the blue sky.
smashing image, thank you.
Funny how I drove past this evening on my way to the sea and I pondered stopping to take a few pictures. The Campanile looked rather dull at 7.30pm – it could do with some decent lighting seeing it is an historical landmark
Chaos Boy! Exactly what my 4 year old is growing into too! How old is yours? :-)Great shots!!
Cool tower. Bit of a climb but fantastic view.
wow beautiful view! Im glad i can see the photos.. the stairs would of killed me! =0I
Love the angle of the first shot and the deep blue of the sky, very nice indeed! And what a great way to spend the day with your son :o)
A spiral staircase even! Those are such fun!
What an amazing view! I am flying into PE this afternoon – working in our PE office tomorrow and then tomorrow night I fly to Durban! I will try and bring some rain with me! LOL!
Nice shot, great upward perspective…
I'm guessing you made to the top in no time!
Beautiful shot!
Hi Firefly;) I noticed your exclamation on Gaelyn's post and smiled to myself. You just HAD to be a South African I followed you here and now I'd like to know if this Campanile is of the church in PE. Excellent photo too.
Me again. Sorry, need to clarify: is the campanile of the Anglican Cathedral in PE?
You do have a thing about building photography. Great capture with good perspective
Wow I really like the perspective here!! I have still not been here, must go SOON!!