people's lives they would bring to wake up call us to meals and prayer and send us to bet the merry melling families bell foundry in italy is considered the oldest in the world and has been making bells for many centuries. my family has been making bells for a 1000 years. but what is unique is that our craftsmanship and materials have remained unchanged since the middle ages. we want to preserve this new meat that was passed on to us from our ancestors for coming generations. to my nellie pontifical foundry is situated in a new around 200 kilometers east of rome and is one of italy's oldest family businesses brothers pasquale and other mundo who now run the company are the 26th generation the foundry produces some 50 bells per year each bearing the pontifical emblem right also for me your family tree is one of the few maybe the only one that bears the people of the. year for almost 100 years now is adorns our family back. in 1924 highest the 11th granted a great grandfather. use of the emblem of his services to the church. it takes between 3 and 10 months and some 15 workers to make just on