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 / 45.4248; -75.6996
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

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.