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Answer: St. Peter's has the six bells that were cast by Luigi Valadier in 1786 and blessed by Pius VI in the same year. They were run manually until the late 1920s. The largest of the bells - campanone has a diameter of 2.50 meters, a height of 2.60 meters, measuring 7.5 meters in circumference and weighing about 11 tons. (Note: one reference gave the weight at 10 tons, the other at 11 tons. Pick your choice!) 
 Look carefully at the post card picture of St. Peters and you can see the church bells in the upper left corner. Interestingly, I could not find a Vatican City stamp with the St. Peter bells. Can you? • Hear The Bells Of St Peter’s Basilica Toll, https://skfgroup.tumblr.com/post/82882599727/hear-the-bells-of-st-peters-basilica-toll • Great Bell (Campanone) of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State, Waymarking.com (website) https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9D1T_Great_Bell_Campanone_of_St_Peters_Basilica_Vatican_City_State |
