A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of...
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Big Ben (redirect from The Tower of Big Ben)
The Elizabeth Tower is the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It contains the Great Clock, a striking clock with five bells...
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the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower...
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The Bell Tower of Xi'an (simplified Chinese: 西安钟楼; traditional Chinese: 西安鐘樓; pinyin: Xī'ān Zhōnglóu), built in 1384 during the early Ming Dynasty, is...
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the Bell Tower and Drum Tower have panoramic views over central Beijing. Before the modern era, both towers dominated the Beijing skyline. Both bells...
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The Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium is a 77-metre-high (253 ft) observation tower that was built in 1934 after plans by Werner March. The steel skeleton...
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The Bell Tower is a chamber opera in one act by Ernst Krenek, his Op. 153. The English libretto by the composer was inspired by the short story by Herman...
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The Ivan the Great Bell Tower (Russian: Колокольня Иван Великий, romanized: Kolokol'nya Ivan Velikiy) is a church tower inside the Moscow Kremlin complex...
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The Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower is a functioning bell tower located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). It is a 172-foot-tall...
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Look up bell tower in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bell tower is a tower that contains or is designed to contain one or more bells. Bell tower may also...
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and tower bells are normally cast from bell metal. Bells intended to be heard over a wide area can range from a single bell hung in a turret or bell-gable...
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Time Bell Tower (Japanese: 時の鐘; Toki no Kane) is a bell tower built in the center of Kawagoe, Japan. It is considered the symbol of the city. It is a landmark...
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Bell Tower Hotel is a 4-star hotel in Xi'an, China. It located right in the heart of the city, opposite the well known Bell Tower and the newly built...
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known as The Bell Tower or the Swan Bell Tower. Taking their name from the Swan River, which their tower overlooks, and forming a sixteen-bell peal with...
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The Purdue Bell Tower is a 160-foot tall bell tower in the center of Purdue University's campus. It was constructed in 1995 through a gift from the class...
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The Dubrovnik Bell Tower (Croatian: Gradski zvonik) is a tower in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Located on Luža Square at the end of the Stradun, the tower is 31...
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Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg (category S-bef: 'before' parameter includes the word 'unknown')
under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini. The cathedral's bell tower is the world's tallest Orthodox bell tower. Since the belfry is not...
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Paoay Church (category Baroque church buildings in the Philippines)
coral bell tower constructed separately from the church building on the right side resembling a pagoda. It was in 1793 when the cornerstone of the bell tower...
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Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral of the Dormition, Tbilisi)
three-story bell tower; one of the earliest examples of Russian Neoclassical architecture in the region. Complete in 1812, the bell tower was commissioned...
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Wawel Castle (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
quarter of the 14th century and the spire in 1769. The tower contains three bells; the largest was made in 1423, the next largest around 1271 and the smallest...
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Evesham Bell Tower is the freestanding belfry for the town of Evesham, Worcestershire. Originally founded in 1207 by Adam Sortes, the present tower, the fourth...
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Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (category 13th-century establishments in the Republic of Venice)
plain, even on the front facade. The exterior features a bell tower that was repaired in the early 2000s for structural problems. The interior is notable...
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Jefferson, Iowa (section Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower)
census. It is the home of the Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower, 168 feet (51 m) tall, located on the town square, and visible for miles. The tower is named for...
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San Sebastian Cathedral (Bacolod) (category Roman Catholic cathedrals in the Philippines)
Avila's bell was installed in the bell tower during the church's construction. Bishop Mariano Cuartero of the Archdiocese of Jaro consecrated the church...
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The Miguelete Tower is the bell tower of the Valencia Cathedral in Valencia, Spain. It is known as El Miguelete in Castilian Spanish or Torre del Micalet...
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have a bell tower or zvonnitsa, either a part of the main church building, or standalone structure. Typically, bell tower is higher than the main temple...
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Sinaia Monastery (category 1695 establishments in the Ottoman Empire)
700-kilogram (3,700 lb) bell was brought from the Colţea Tower in Bucharest. In 1895 the museum of the monastery was opened, the first exhibition of religious...
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The Duke's Tower, also known as Inveraray Bell Tower, is the detached bell tower of All Saints' Church, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Standing...
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Murcia Cathedral (redirect from The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in Murcia)
to the cathedral. The bell tower, built between 1521 and 1791, stands 90 metres (300 ft) tall—95 metres (312 ft) with the weathervane. It is the tallest...
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Rostov-on-Don Cathedral (redirect from Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rostov-on-Don)
was also demolished. The bell tower was restored in 1999. Architect N. Solnyshkin was the author of restoration project. New bells differ from their predecessors...
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