The Swan bell tower is the symbol of the capital of Western Australia, one of the most beautiful places in Perth. The name of the bell tower, located on the dock on Barrack street in the heart of the city, can be translated as "Swan tower". Built in 1999-2001 high pointed tower – 82, 5 meters - resembles the shape of two huge sails. Inside - 18 bells, most of which – 12 – has a long history, having been brought from London. There is evidence that they were made in the 14th century! The ringing of these bells celebrated the many historical events: the victory of England over the Spanish Armada in 1588, the return of captain cook's circumnavigation of in 1771, the victory at El Alamein in 1942, the coronation of English kings, from 1727. In 1988, these bells have arrived in Perth to celebrate the bicentenary of Australia. Here was cast for another 6 bells. This is one of the largest musical instruments in the world.

In the bell tower houses a collection of vintage watches, optical instruments and bells, including rare Asian that talks about how people kept time before the onset of the digital era. Here you can see a film about the construction of the bell tower and its history, to listen to the sound and at the same time to see the bell ringers – this allows you to make audio-visual system that transmits images from different floors of the tower on 9 screens. In the evening, one of the main attractions of Perth illuminate all colors of the rainbow using a new computerized lighting system. /p>

The bell tower is surrounded by a mosaic footpath, lined with ceramic tiles. The tiles were made in the schools of Western Australia, and is laid out in alphabetical order by name of the school. Each such tile school students 1999 wrote their names. /p>

Since the opening bell on 10 December 2000, it was visited by about 1 million people. /p> I can add description