Freestanding Bell Tower
A 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.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aleppo | Armenian Cathedral | |
| Asmara | Enda Mariam Cathedral | |
| Assisi | Basilica of San Francesco: "To the left of the church stands a free-standing bell tower of Romanesque design." | |
| 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" | |
| Beijing Central Axis | "The Bell and Drum Towers regulated the opening and closing of gates and other daily activities of citizens." - AB Evaluation | |
| Belfries | ||
| Bordeaux | Tour Pey-Berland, campanile of Bordeaux Cathedral | |
| Church of Atlántida | The bell-tower is a pierced reinforced brick tower (diameter 2.80m, 15m high) and is crowned by a depressed conical dome from which the bell hangs (AB ev) | |
| Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye | St. George Bell Tower | |
| Cordoba | Mezquita | |
| Corfu | Annunziata bell tower, the remains of what used to be a catholic church | |
| Dubrovnik | The Clock Tower has a bell as well, with 2 little bronze guys to strik it | |
| Ferrara | The bell tower of the Duomo of Comacchio | |
| Florence | Giotto Bell Tower | |
| Gammelstad | Nederluleå Church: The free-standing bell tower dates from 1851 and replaced an earlier, wooden bell tower | |
| Gelati Monastery | one of the oldest bell-towers in Georgia | |
| Haghpat and Sanahin | Haghpat | |
| 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 | |
| Kizhi Pogost | ||
| Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra | Bell tower of Kiev Pechersk Lavra | |
| L'viv | Assumption Church | |
| Longobards in Italy | Campanille of the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo | |
| Mtskheta | Samtavro Bell Tower | |
| Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | La Seo Cathedral | |
| Nikko | Toshogu's Belfry | |
| Novodevichy Convent | octagonal bell tower | |
| Ohrid Region | Next to Sveti Kliment | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| Tauric Chersonese | Fog Bell | |
| Trinity Sergius Lavra | Bell tower of Sergiev Posad | |
| Val di Noto | Santa Maria della Stella in Militello in Val di Catania | |
| Vall de Boi | Sant Climent de Taüll "Next to the building stands a six-story bell tower which despite being attached to the building, is not an integral part thereof." - Wiki "The most imposing feature of Sant Climent is its bell-tower, at the south-east corner of the church. This is square in plan and soars from a simulated solid base to six storeys." - AB Evaluation | |
| Venice and its Lagoon | St Mark Campanile | |
| Vilnius | cathedral tower | |
| Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region | Several | |
| Yaroslavl | The belfry tower of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery |
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