The Peace Tower (in French: Tour de la Paix), also known as the Tower of Victory and Peace (in French: tour de la Victoire et de la Paix), is a focal bell and clock tower sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The present incarnation replaced the 55-metre (180 ft) Victoria Tower after the latter burned down in 1916, along with most of the Centre Block; only the Library of Parliament survived. It today serves as a Canadian icon and appears on the Canadian twenty-dollar bill.