Carillion

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Carillion
Osmena Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines‎
Art Studies 2 THR-2
Sir Roberto G. Paulino

by:
Alvin Bacero Bello
Maria Cristy Borcelis Buban
John Martin Rabino Caquilala


Reported and Edited by:
" Maria Riva Gil Ferrer

Carillon - Osmena Avenue
Carillon, the Bells of Diliman

I. History

"With the possible exception of the Oblation statue, nothing symbolizes the University of the Philippines more than the 130-foot Carillon Tower - a structure unlike any other in Diliman, a ringing echo of the University's glorious past." -Jose Dalisay Jr., PhD., writer

The University of the Philippines Memorial Campanille was built in 1952 at a cost of some two hundred thousand pesos [P200,000.00], that is, $1.00 in 2012 has the same buying power as $0.12 in 1952; annual inflation over this period was 3.36%.1 which has serenaded U.P. students, lecturers, professors, employee