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| The Glockenspiel Tower |
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| Said to be the tallest Glockenspiel in America. The characters circle the tower four times a day commemorating the settlement and history of Mt Angel, OR |
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| On a 485 foot butte, The Mount Angel Abbey |
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| The largest bell in the world is the Tsar Bell at the Kremlin (433,356 lbs). The Mt Angel Bell Tower has eight bells, each one named after a saint, with the largest bell weighing a little over 8,000 pounds. They are the largest free-swinging bells on the west coast of the US, and they are used daily for calls to prayer. |
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| Established in 1882, it is a Roman Catholic seminary, university and community of Benedictine monks |
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| The Guardian Angel Statue |
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| The people that established Mt Angel Abbey were from Engelberg, Switzerland. |
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| Downtown Silverton, OR |
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| At the Oregon Gardens, the Gordon house, built in 1964 |
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| One of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed houses for families call Usonian, for the idea of living in harmony with the land. |
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| Frank designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 were built to completion. He believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humans and the environment. |
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| His designs included offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, residential homes and museums. |
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| Bush's Pasture Park, Salem, OR |
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