World Peace Bell
The world peace bell is a symbol for world peace .
history
A first world peace bell was erected at United Nations headquarters in New York City as a gift from the people of Japan in 1954 . Chiyoji Nakagawa, the creator of this bell, founded the World Peace Bell Association in 1982 , around 25 other bells in Japan and other countries were initiated as memorials.
Worldwide locations
- Cape Sōya , Hokkaidō , Japan, 1988
- Ishigaki Island , Okinawa , Japan, 1988
- Ankara , Turkey, 1989
- World Peace Bell (Berlin-Friedrichshain) , GDR / Germany, 1989
- Warsaw , Poland, 1989
- Osaka , Japan, 1990
- Tacubaya , Mexico City , Mexico, 1990
- Cowra , New South Wales, Australia, 1992
- Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia, 1993
- Quezon City , Philippines, 1994
- Vienna UN City, Austria, 1995
- Ottawa , Canada, 1996
- Brasília , Brazil, 1997
- Buenos Aires , Argentina, 1998
- Quito , Ecuador, 1999
- Los Angeles , USA, 2001
- Alcobendas , Community of Madrid , Spain, 2003
- Tashkent , Uzbekistan, 2003
- Amagasaki , Japan, 2005
- Christchurch , New Zealand, 2006
- Hiei-zan , Ōtsu , Japan, 2007
- San Francisco , Argentina, 2014
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peace bell as a memorial . In: Berlin Week . ( berliner-woche.de [accessed on October 3, 2018]).