German
Bell Tower
From 1899 to WWI Saipan was under
German occupation. The Germans constructed the Bell Tower in
1910 out of wood. It was damaged in a typhoon and rebuilt in
the 1920's and looks pretty much the same today except for the
bullet holes from 1944. The church attached to it was destroyed
in the Battle of Saipan. This tower once stood tall in the heart
of Garapan but is now dwarfed by the modern church next to it.
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