Freestanding Bell Tower

Bell Tower in Concepcion, BoliviaA freestanding tower or building for bell hanging. The bell is rung to signify the time, to call people to worship, for special events such as weddings and funerals, or historically to sound a civil defense or fire alarm. Strictly excluding the bell tower attached to the church building.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Freestanding Bell Tower':

  • Aleppo Armenian Cathedral
  • Baroque Churches two of the baroque churches in the Philippines have free standing bellfries -- Paoay Church and Sta. Maria Church. This is one of the characteristics of the "earthquake baroque"
  • Belfries
  • Bordeaux Tour Pey-Berland, campanile of Bordeaux Cathedral
  • Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye St. George Bell Tower
  • Dubrovnik The Clock Tower has a bell as well, with 2 little bronze guys to strik it; link
  • Florence Giotto Bell Tower
  • Haghpat and Sanahin Haghpat; link
  • Hiraizumi the bell towers of Chusonji and Motsuji Temples
  • Horyu-ji Area ancient bell tower with same building style as Nikko
  • Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos In Concepcion, made out of wood
  • Karlskrona Amiralitetstorget Bell Tower
  • Kiev Bell tower of Kiev Pechersk Lavra
  • Kizhi Pogost ; link
  • L'viv Assumption Church
  • Longobards in Italy Campanille of the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo; link
  • Mtskheta Samtavro Bell Tower
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon La Seo Cathedral
  • Nikko Toshogu's Belfry
  • Novodevichy Convent octagonal bell tower; link
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) The Leaning Tower is a campanile (freestanding bell tower)
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands In Manarola (AB ev)
  • Regensburg Campanile Obermünster; link
  • Route of Santiago de Compostela Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cathedral, with its external bell tower.
  • Salzburg Fort Hohensalzburg
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple two stories bell tower at the entrance
  • Siena Torre del Mangia
  • Stari Ras and Sopocani At St. Peters Church
  • Studenica Monastery On the western side of the monastery complex there is a bell tower, erected in the 13th century (wiki)
  • Trinity Sergius Lavra Bell tower of Sergiev Posad
  • Venice and its Lagoon St Mark Campanile
  • Vilnius cathedral tower