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campanile

A term applied to towers erected in close proximity, though not attached, to many churches and town halls in Italy. The earliest examples are at Ravenna (about 9th century). Other famous examples include the campanile of St Mark's, Venice (begun 902); the leaning tower of Pisa (begun 1174); and Giotto's campanile at Florence (1334).

See also belfry.

They were used as components of 19th-century American factory architecture in New England.



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