campanile

noun

cam·pa·ni·le ˌkam-pə-ˈnē-lē

ˌkäm-,

-(ˌ)lā,

especially of US structures also

ˌkam-pə-ˈnēl

plural campaniles or campanili ˌkam-pə-ˈnē-lē

ˌkäm-,

-(ˌ)lā

: a usually freestanding bell tower

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Even now, they are marked architecturally by distinctive campanile, or bell-towers, as well as by the sort of sinuously sloping windows, many garlanded by vines, seen in some of Muggia’s private houses. —

Tara Isbabella Burton, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2021 Calling to you from sea and land alike, the belltower of pretty Piran is a dead ringer for the famous campanile of St Mark's Square. —

Julia Buckley, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021 Defensive backs meet with a view of the campanile, Cal’s clock tower. —

John Branch, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020 The city’s imperial gate was built in 1489—a bit of medieval flair that’s bolstered by the fourteenth-century campanile and the fifteenth-century baptistry. —

Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2020 Formerly the Governor’s Palace, the mustard-yellow building, whose campanile dates to the 14th century, once housed a prison. —

David Holahan, courant.com, 13 Sep. 2019 The city’s treasures — picturesque campaniles and palazzos, charming gondolas plying the Grand Canal, and domed churches that seem to hover over the sparkling Venetian lagoon — exert a magnetic pull that is difficult to resist. —

Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019 Automobili Pagani had moved to more splendid digs in San Cesario Sul Panaro that include a factory floor styled after a piazza, with street lamps and a campanile. —

Dan Neil, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018 Nearby, don’t miss: Alghero, a picture-perfect medley of medieval sandstone palaces, colorful campaniles, and seaside promenades directly above the crashing Mediterranean sea. —

Eliot Stein, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2017 See More

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