Japanese Peace Bell

The Japanese Peace Bell is a bell donated to the United Nations Headquarters in via the United Nations Association of Japan in June 1954.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Peace Bell at the United Nations
  • Also known as: “Campana de la paz japonesa”, “Campana de paz japonesa”, “Campana japonesa de paz”, “Cloche de la paix japonaise”, “World Peace Bell Association”, “世界絶対平和万歳の鐘”, and “平和の鐘”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: United Nations Headquarters and Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tudor City and Murray Hill.

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Japanese Peace Bell

Latitude
40.74942° or 40° 44′ 58″ north
Longitude
-73.96775° or 73° 58′ 4″ west
Open location code
87G8P2XJ+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5115375199
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q2067390
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Japanese Peace Bell” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جرس السلام الياباني”
  • Armenian: “Ճապոնական խաղաղության զանգ”
  • Breton: “Kloc’h Japan ar Peoc’h”
  • Chinese: “日本和平鐘”
  • Esperanto: “Japana Pacsonorilo”
  • French: “Cloche japonaise de la paix”
  • German: “Weltfriedensglocke”
  • Greek: “Ιαπωνική Καμπάνα της Ειρήνης”
  • Hebrew: “פעמון השלום היפני”
  • Indonesian: “Lonceng Perdamaian Jepang”
  • Italian: “Campana della pace giapponese”
  • Italian: “Campana della Pace Giapponese”
  • Japanese: “日本の平和の鐘”
  • Korean: “일본 평화의 종”
  • Latin: “Campana pacis Iaponica”
  • Russian: “Колокол мира”
  • Russian: “Японский «Колокол мира»”
  • Russian: “Японский колокол мира”
  • Spanish: “Campana japonesa de la paz”
  • Thai: “ระฆังสันติภาพญี่ปุ่น”
  • Turkish: “Japon Barış Çanı”

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