The birth of the bells - several days or weeks after the fusion the bells are lifted from the casting pit - casting molten bronze for smaller bells in progress in the background -
Pontificia Fonderia di Campane or Pontifical Bell Foundry of the Marinelli family in the mountain village of Agnone in the region of Molise in southern Italy.
Twenty seven generations of the Marinelli family have been making bronze bells in the foundry for almost 1000 years, continuing the ancient artisanal techniques today.
