The Peace Palace is part of the international network of ‘War Memorial and Peace Carillons’ ( ).
The carillon does not have a function of indicating time it is merely a musical instrument. Nowadays the carillon is still played every Tuesday and Thursday from 13.00 to 13.45 hrs. The carillon reached the volume of 47 bells (four octaves) in the year 2000 and in 2013 it was completed with a large bell, cast to mark the celebration of 100 years Peace Palace. November 1994, a carillon with 38 bells was officially brought into use. Bells were donated by for example: Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus, Dr Naghendra Singh, President of the International Court of Justice (1985-1988), the governments of Belgium and Switzerland, the city of The Hague and the Australian Carillon Society.įinally, on 3. The Foundation Carillon The Hague devoted itself to realize the project. Korthals Altes) and the President of the Carnegie Foundation (M. The committee of recommendation included Dr Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the then secretary-general of the United Nations, the Dutch ministers of Foreign Affairs (H. The creation and expansion of the carillonĪfter many years, in 1986, it was decided to install a carillon in the Hague ‘Peace Tower’, provided by de Koninklijke Eijsbouts in Asten (N.Br.).
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