For most, church bells are just a quaint bit of automated background noise. But Pallàs and his 18 students at the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers are trying to change that by resuscitating ...

Church bells chime again in Spain as new school attempts to recover lost ‘language’ of ringing by hand ...

Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover the lost 'language' of ringing by hand ...

Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover the lost ‘language' of ringing by hand The Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers is trying to resuscitate the dwindling art of ...

All six bells have been been ringing once again at a Grade II listed church which was gutted by a fire in 2014. A blaze, blamed at the time by an electrical fault, engulfed St Peter's Church in ...

Church bells speak again in Spain thanks to effort to recover the lost ‘language' of ringing by hand ...

JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell.

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.

A school set up to revive the manual ringing of church bells has graduated its first class of 18 students after learning their ringing skills. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) ...

While manual church bell ringing has persisted in Eastern Orthodox countries, it has largely been replaced by bell ringing systems in Catholic and Protestant churches in Western Europe.