Muzeum Dzwonów i Fajek, Przemyśl

Przemyśl clock tower - a tower standing in the center of Przemyśl, at 3 Vladycze Street.

The tower was erected in 1775-1777 by the foundation of the Greek Catholic Bishop of Przemyśl, Athanasius Sheptytsky, as the bell tower of the future Greek Catholic cathedral. The cathedral was to replace an earlier brick church dating from the 16th century, which stood on the site of today's Primary School No. 11.

After the first partition of Poland, the construction of the cathedral began, and the investment was promised to be supported by the Empress Maria Theresa Habsburg. They only managed to demolish the old Orthodox church and build a magnificent late Baroque bell tower when the Empress died and the promises of funds were abandoned at the imperial court. This construction was never completed, and after the dissolution of the Carmelite monastery in 1784, the Greek Catholic diocese received ownership of the Carmelite church of St. Theresa, to be used as a cathedral council.

The 34-meter-high belfry, topped with a viewing gallery and equipped with a tower clock, over time began to serve as a watchtower, used by the fire department as an observation point. In 1850 it was partially destroyed by a fire, which consumed the late Baroque helmet. Restored in 1925, 1959-1960 and 1989-1990.

Since 1996 it has been adapted to the Museum of Bells and Pipes, a branch of the National Museum of Przemysl.

Object entered in the register of monuments under No. A-589.