Peace Tower

Peace Tower
Tour de la Paix
Main facade in 2014
Map
General information
TypeTower
Architectural stylePerpendicular Gothic
LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates45°25′29″N 75°41′59″W / 45.4248°N 75.6996°W / 45.4248; -75.6996
Completed1920
Height98 m (322 ft)
Technical details
Lifts/elevators1 (previously 2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Jean Omer Marchand and John A. Pearson

The Peace Tower (French: Tour 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 serves as a Canadian icon[1] and had been featured prominently on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill, directly adjacent to the depiction of Queen Elizabeth II, until the change to polymer.

  1. ^ "The Memorial Chamber". Library of Parliament. Parliament of Canada. November 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.