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    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)
    Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, which stands at the north end...
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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 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 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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    facade of the transept, vestiges of Romanesque architecture, particularly in the bell tower, and the Renaissance rood screen with reliefs of the labors of...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Bern Minster (category Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern)
    theology. The bell tower grew in several stages. The lower, rectangular tower was the original tower. The octagonal upper tower was added in the 19th century...
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    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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    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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    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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    other buildings, including the bell tower, the bishop's residence, and the seminary. The principal entrance is found on the northern façade, which is considered...
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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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    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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    Bell tower (Thai: หอระฆัง; RTGS: ho rakhang) is one category of the Thai architectural structure in a wat for signaling the monks to do their praying...
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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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    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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    Olympiastadion (Berlin) (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    became home to the cricket clubs of Berlin. The Bell Tower crowned the western end of the Reichssportfeld planted amid the tiers of the Maifeld stands...
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    Irish round towers (Irish: Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural); literally 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly...
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