campanile

Freestanding Italian belltower

A campanile is a bell tower, especially one that stands apart from an adjacent building rather than being incorporated into it.

The term is associated with Italian architecture, where freestanding bell towers accompany churches and civic buildings: the famous campanile in Venice's St. Mark's Square.

Christian

belltower

Structure housing large chimes

belfryTower containing bells
steeplePointed church tower
spireTapering architectural peak

cathedral · basilica · church · chapel · nave · apse · chancel · transept · narthex · dome

religious

church

Place of Christian worship

cathedralBishop's principal church
basilicaColonnaded church with apse
chapelSmall worship room

abbey · monastery · priory · convent · sanctuary · shrine · temple · mosque · synagogue · pagoda

Categories

ItalyRome, Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples
bellsalarm bell, bell rope, church bell, church bells, bronze bell
building partsfacades, wall, door, windows, floor
campusdorm, dormitory, dormitories, dorms, quad
tall structureswatchtower, fire tower, lighthouse, pagoda, bell tower
towerstower, bell tower, radio tower, water tower, cell tower

Opposites

architectural height/verticality

campanilecrypt

Subterranean burial vault

catacomb · basement · underground chamber · undercroft · ossuary

attachment to church

campanilechurch steeple

Pointed tower on sanctuary

belfry · spire

function/purpose

campaniledungeon

Subterranean prison chamber

keep · watchtower · minaret · oubliette

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G