Peace Tower
The Peace Tower is a focal bell and clock tower sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centre Block and Parliament Hill.
Centre Block
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The Centre Block is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the House of Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of members of parliament, senators, and senior administration for both legislative houses.
Parliament Hill
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Parliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary democracy.
Library of Parliament
Library
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The Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ByWard Market and Ottawa.
ByWard Market
Neighborhood
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The ByWard Market, is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.
Ottawa
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Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Across the Ottawa River is Gatineau, Quebec.
Gatineau
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Gatineau is a city in the Outaouais region of Quebec, on the north shore of the Ottawa River, across from Canada's capital, Ottawa. It is part of the official National Capital Region which constitutes the fourth largest urban area in the country, after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Peace Tower
- Type: Tower
- Description: bell and clock tower at the center of Canada’s Parliament buildings, in Ottawa
- Categories: bell tower and clock tower
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Peace Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “和平塔”
- Chinese: “胜利和和平塔”
- Esperanto: “Pacturo”
- French: “tour de la Paix”
- French: “Tour de la Paix”
- German: “Friedensturm”
- Hebrew: “מגדל השלום”
- Japanese: “ピース・タワー”
- Japanese: “平和の塔”
- Persian: “برج صلح”
- Polish: “Peace Tower”
- Polish: “Tour de la Paix”
- Polish: “Tour de la Victoire et de la Paix”
- Polish: “Tower of Victory and Peace”
- Ukrainian: “Вежа миру”
- Ukrainian: “Вежа Миру”
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