Peace Tower Ottawa
by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
Title
Peace Tower Ottawa
Artist
Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography
Description
The Peace Tower (officially the Tower of Victory and Peace in French: tour de la Victoire et de la Paix) is a focal bell and clock tower, sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The present incarnation replaced the 55-metre (180 ft) Victoria Tower after the latter burned down in 1916, along with most of the Centre Block; only the Library of Parliament survived. It today serves as a Canadian icon, and appears on the obverse of both the Canadian fifty-dollar and twenty-dollar bills.
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March 20th, 2013
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