Sather Tower
Sather Tower, known more commonly as The Campanile for bearing close resemblance to the Campanile de San Marco in Venice, is a bell and clock tower and the most well known and visible building on the University of California, Berkeley campus. Completed in 1914, the tower stands 307 feet (93.6 meters) tall. Designed by John Galen Howard, founder of the School of Architecture, it was funded by and named after Jane K. Sather, a benefactor of the university. It chimes every hour.
An elevator takes visitors to an observation deck 200 feet up the tower, providing sweeping views of the campus, surrounding hills, San Francisco and the Golden Gate. Above the observation platform lies a sixty-one bell carillon which plays a concert every weekday morning, noontime, and late afternoon. At noon on the Friday before the start of finals, They're Hanging Danny Deever in the Morning is played. Following that, the carillon is silent until the end of finals.
The Campanile also houses many of the Paleontology department's fossils.
See also: Sather Gate
