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campanile
[ kam-puh-nee-lee, -neel; Italian kahm-pah-nee-le ]
noun
- a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church.
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In the campanile of S. Alessio there are two arcades in each storey, each divided with a mid-wall shaft.
One of the most notable examples in north Italy is the campanile of Pomposa near Ferrara.
Bewildered, and not entirely willing, Bates consented and the two went back to The Campanile.
Not far off is the Tower of Ivan Veliki, which serves as a campanile for three cathedrals and has thirty-four bells.
Above the centre of the transept rose a campanile, surmounted by a very pointed timber-work spire.
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