National Conference on Traditional Bell Art

On Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, the National Federation of Bell Ringers organizes, on the occasion of the proclamation of bell ringing as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity by Unesco, a series of initiatives to celebrate the ancient art of bell ringing.

It inaugurates at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday 24, at the Literary Society, the National Conference, in which the professor from La Sapienza University in Rome Elena Musumeci and Fabio Tomelleri, journalist of the daily newspaper l'Arena, will participate.

The morning continues at 11:30 a.m. with a bell concert in Piazza Bra and, at 12:00 p.m., with the ringing of the Rengo. At 3:00 p.m. a visit with ascent to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is scheduled.

At 4:00 p.m., the National Conference resumes at the Museum of Frescoes "G B Cavalcaselle" Tomb of Juliet, with Maurizio Bertazzolo presenting "The ‘notes’ of the bells: dialogue between the musical instrument, the casting art, and the science of tuning."

Following, bell concerts performed by the Association of Bell Ringers of the Veronese system and the Bell School of Verona at 5:15 p.m. at the parish church of San Nicolo all'Arena and at 6:00 p.m. at the Basilica of S. Anastasia.

On Sunday, the program of visits and sonatas will open at 10:00 a.m. with the collection of ancient bronze bells at the Castelvecchio Museum. At 11:30 a.m. a visit and ascent to San Giorgio in Braida is planned, at 3:00 p.m. to Sant’Anastasia. At 4:00 p.m. there will be a guided tour of underground Verona and at 5:00 p.m. the sonatas with a mobile bell tower.