Peace Tower
| Peace Tower | |
|---|---|
Tour de la Paix | |
Main facade in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tower |
| Architectural style | Perpendicular Gothic |
| Location | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°25′29″N 75°41′59″W / 45.4248°N 75.6996°W |
| Completed | 1920 |
| Height | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Lifts/elevators | 1 (previously 2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Jean Omer Marchand and John A. Pearson |
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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 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.