page_title: Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli
section_title: Notable bells
hierarchical_section_title: Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli / Notable bells
caption_attribution_description: English: Bells at the Marinelli Pontifical Foundry Museum
context_page_description: The Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli is the successor of a bell foundry already at work in Agnone, Italy in 1040. The bell foundry is considered Italy's oldest family business and among the three oldest family businesses worldwide. In addition to a bell foundry, it is an artisan foundry that produces bronze portals, bas-reliefs, church artifacts, and bell restorations.
context_section_description: The foundry produced the last bell to be hung within the bell tower of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The bell is a 600-kilogram (1,300 lb) replica of the 17th-century bell damaged in 1944 during the bombings on Italy during World War II. The newest addition started service on Easter 2004, replacing the missing bell for the first time in 60 years.
  In 1923, the foundry made a set of bells for the Mariano Sanctuary in Pompeii.  The bell of Monte Cassino was cast for the church of San Benedetto in 1950, which was destroyed during the Battle of Monte Cassino. In 1961, The foundry cast a special bell to commemorate the "100th anniversary of Italy's founding as a united country." In 1992, one of their bells commemorated the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas. Pope John Paul II was presented the official Jubilee Bell in 2000 that is hung in St. Peters Square. The bells of Pontificia Fonderia Marinelli can also be found in New York City (United Nations Building), Beijing, Jerusalem, South America, and South Korea.
caption: The Marinelli Bell Foundry museum
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