Bell Tower - a tower where the church bells were installed. This could be separate from the church, or, more usually, attached. Sometimes called a campanile.
Chancel - the eastern end of a church.
Bell tower (Campanile). Structure in the shape of a tower, often incorporated into the outer wall of a church, though it may also be free-standing. The church bells are housed in the upper section.
BELL TOWER
A tall vertical structure which contains bells; a bell tower is a variety of campanario (see below).
Mission San Gabriel ...
bell tower - a tower that supports or shelters a bell
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
Translations ...
A bell tower or any tower containing a bell, generally attached to a church. A CAMPANILE is generally associated with an Italian or Roman Catholic church, and is often free-standing.
St. Denis - Paris - France (12th c.)
Cobourg ...
A bell tower, generally detached from the main building
From the Italian ""campana" which means "bell"
Examples from Buffalo architecture ...
Italian for bell tower, usually freestanding, but built near a church.
Canon
a set of rules, principles, or standards used to establish scales or proportions.
Campanile
A bell tower, especially one that stands part from any other building.
Cantilever
A horizontal projection, such as a balcony or beam, supported at one end only.
CAMPANILE Bell tower originating in Italy and favoured in Canadian villas in the mid 19th century.
(Illustration from A.J. Downing, The Architecture of Country Houses, 1850, showing a villa in the Italian style incorporating a campanile) ...
belfry:
a bell tower
cantilever:
a projecting beam supported at only one end ...
Campanile - Bell tower, often set some distance away from its church.
Canopy - A projection or hood over a door, window, niche, etc.
campanile - bell tower
cupola house on top - a small domelike structure on top of a roof or tower.
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The cross-shaped bell tower of Lakeuden Risti rises 65 meters above the town. At the base of the tower is Aalto's scultpure, At the Well of Life.
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Gallery Index: Alvar Aalto: Buildings and Projects ...
campanile : A bell tower usually not actually attached to a church; also, lofty towers that form parts of buildings. Italian name for a bell tower, usually one that is detached from the main building.
C Campanile: Italian name for a bell tower, usually one that is detached from the main building.
Typically it takes the form of large louvers which direct the sound of church bells from a bell tower toward the ground. abacus Rectangular strip running along the top of a capital, sometimes decoratively carved.
In the course of the seventeenth century, they built numerous large churches of cathedral type, with five onion-like cupolas, and surrounded them with tents of bell towers and aisles.
Bell tower. - Tower where the church bells were installed; sometimes called a campanile.
Boss. - Decorative sculpture at the intersection of two vault ribs.
Braces. - Curved or angled pieces of wood used to strengthen a roof or other timber structure.
BELFRY A small square bell tower placed atop a roof to house a bell, often found on churches and schools.
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Exterior view of the bell tower...
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Historic view, qibla wall ...
A bell turret set upon a roof or gable (Sometimes known as a Bellcote). A chamber or stage in a tower where bells are hung. Also a bell tower in a general sense.
Bracket.
Campanile - Freestanding bell tower particularly in Italy.
Complex - Composed of more than one or many parts.
Compound - An enclosure round a house or factory.
Condominium - Joint sovereignty.
Such gateways are typical of Tudor palaces, as at St James's or at Hampton Court, and are the most common form in the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. The Tom Gate at Christ Church, Oxford, with its surmounted domed bell tower, ...
 See also: Tower, Bell, Architecture, Church, Arches
  
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