Campanile
A campanile is, especially in
Italy, a free-standing bell-tower , often adjacent to a church or cathedral.
The most famous campanile is probably the
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Other notable campaniles include
St Mark's Campanile in
Venice's
St Mark's Square. Campaniles outside of Italy are often modeled after St. Mark's.
At the beginning of the nineteen eighties the theme Campanile was revised by H. R. Hiegel and Florian Mausbach.
After a spectacular design by architect H.R. Hiegel dating from the year 1983, in 1990
Helmut Jahn built the
Frankfurt Messeturm.
Encyclopedia
A
campanile is, especially in
Italy, a free-standing bell-tower , often adjacent to a church or cathedral.
The most famous campanile is probably the
Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Other notable campaniles include
St Mark's Campanile in
Venice's
St Mark's Square. Campaniles outside of Italy are often modeled after St. Mark's.
At the beginning of the nineteen eighties the theme Campanile was revised by H. R. Hiegel and Florian Mausbach.
After a spectacular design by architect H.R. Hiegel dating from the year 1983, in 1990
Helmut Jahn built the
Frankfurt Messeturm.
Modern campaniles often contain
carillons, a musical instrument traditionally comprised of at least 23 large bells which are sounded by cables, chains, or cords connected to a
keyboard.
These can be found at some college and university campuses.
In modern construction, rather than using heavy bells the sound may be produced by the striking of small metal rods whose vibrations are amplified electronically and sounded through loudspeakers.
List of campaniles
This is a list of campaniles found on Wikipedia:
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Florence- The National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington. 74 Bells. 50.6m.
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Gainesville, is 157 feet tall and has a cast-bell carillon with 61 bells.
Kessler Campanile at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, built for the 1996 Olympic Games
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- Louisiana State University World War One Memorial Bell Tower
- Also known as the Campanile, this 175-foot structure was built in 1923 and dedicated in 1926 as a memorial to Louisianans who died in WWI. On the rotunda walls are bronze plaques bearing the names of those to whom the Tower is dedicated. Chimes ring every quarter hour. The Cornerstone in front of the tower was excavated from the ruins of Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy in Pineville one half describes the history, other half is inscribed with first Board of Supervisors and faculty.
- Campanile next to City Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, actually part of the Municipal Group, the city's classical government center.
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- Albritton Bell Tower, Texas A&M University, College Station
- Murchison Memorial Tower, the campanile at Trinity University, San Antonio
Other uses
Campanile is also the name of the
Palo Alto High School newspaper, and the
Rice University yearbook.
See also
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External links
- virtual reality movie and pictures
- from the UC Berkeley Wiki
