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A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. [1]

97 relations: Addleshaw Tower, Adhan, Angelus, Anglicanism, Armenia, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Belfries of Belgium and France, Belfry (architecture), Belfry of Bruges, Belfry of Ghent, Belgium, Bell, Bell Tower of Xi'an, Bell-gable, Bok Tower Gardens, Brigham Young University Centennial Carillon Tower, Campanology, Candlemas, Carillon, Catholic Church, Change ringing, Chester Cathedral, Chime (bell instrument), Christian Church, Christian denomination, Christianity, Church (building), Church bell, Church service, Clock tower, College, Conjuratory, Drum tower (Asia), East Asian cultural sphere, Easter Vigil, Feock, Cornwall, France, Funeral, Glendalough, Great Lavra Bell Tower, Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing), History, Incarnation (Christianity), Ireland, Irish round tower, Islam, Italy, Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, Katúň, ..., Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Lille, Lincolnshire, Lithuania, Little Bytham, Lord's Prayer, Lutheranism, Main Building (University of Texas at Austin), Mass (liturgy), Maundy Thursday, Middle Ages, Minaret, Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Mostar, Murcia Cathedral, Octagon on cube, Palm Sunday, Paulinus of Nola, Perth, Pisa, Pisa Cathedral, Poland, Provo, Utah, Russian Orthodox bell ringing, Sather Tower, Schepenhuis, Aalst, Shōrō, Slovakia, Spain, St Medardus and St Gildardus Church, Little Bytham, Swan Bells, Tōdai-ji, Teruel, Tower, UNESCO, United Kingdom, University, University of Birmingham, University of California, Riverside, University of Kansas, University of Northern Iowa, Wedding, Yerevan, Ypres Cloth Hall, Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church, Zvonnitsa. Expand index (47 more) »

Addleshaw Tower

Addleshaw Tower is the free-standing bell tower of Chester Cathedral, in Chester, Cheshire, England.

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Adhan

The adhan, athan, or azaan (أَذَان) (also called in Turkish: Ezan) is the Islamic call to worship, recited by the muezzin at prescribed times of the day.

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Angelus

The Angelus (Latin for "angel") is a Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Armenia

Armenia (translit), officially the Republic of Armenia (translit), is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia.

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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Basílica del Santuario Nacional de la Inmaculada Concepción) is a prominent Roman Catholic basilica and national shrine located in Washington, D.C., United States of America.

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Belfries of Belgium and France

The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Site, in recognition of an architectural manifestation of emerging civic independence from feudal and religious influences in historic Flanders and neighboring regions of the Duchy of Burgundy.

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Belfry (architecture)

The belfry is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple.

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Belfry of Bruges

The Belfry of Bruges (Belfort van Brugge) is a medieval bell tower in the centre of Bruges, Belgium.

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Belfry of Ghent

The 91-metre-tall belfry of Ghent is one of three medieval towers that overlook the old city centre of Ghent, Belgium, the other two belonging to Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas' Church.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bell

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.

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Bell Tower of Xi'an

The Bell Tower of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安钟楼; pinyin: xī ān zhōng lóu), built in 1384 during the early Ming Dynasty, is a symbol of the city of Xi'an and one of the grandest of its kind in China.

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Bell-gable

The bell gable (espadaña, espadanya, clocher-mur, campanile a vela) is an architectural element crowning at the upper end of the wall of church buildings, usually in lieu of a church tower.

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Bok Tower Gardens

Bok Tower Gardens (also known as) is a contemplative garden, and bird sanctuary located north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States.

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Brigham Young University Centennial Carillon Tower

The BYU Centennial Carillon is a carillon on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.

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Campanology

Campanology (from Late Latin campana, "bell"; and Greek -λογία, -logia) is the study of bells.

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Candlemas

Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Christian Holy Day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.

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Carillon

A carillon is a musical instrument that is typically housed in the bell tower (belfry) of a church or municipal building.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Change ringing

Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a controlled manner to produce variations in their striking sequences.

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Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester.

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Chime (bell instrument)

A carillon-like instrument with fewer than 23 bells is called a chime.

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Christian Church

"Christian Church" is an ecclesiological term generally used by Protestants to refer to the whole group of people belonging to Christianity throughout the history of Christianity.

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Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organisation, leadership and doctrine.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Church (building)

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.

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Church bell

A church bell in the Christian tradition is a bell which is rung in a church for a variety of church purposes, and can be heard outside the building.

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Church service

A church service (also called a service of worship, or simply a service) is a formalized period of communal worship in Christian tradition.

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Clock tower

Clock towers are a specific type of building which houses a turret clock and has one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls.

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College

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one.

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Conjuratory

A conjuratory or exconjuratory (esconchurador, comunidor, conjuratorio) is a small religious building from which ceremonies were conducted to bless the fields and ward off calamities caused by the weather, like storms, hail and excessive rain that could ruin the harvests.

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Drum tower (Asia)

The term drum tower is used to refer to a tower in the center of an old Chinese city, housing signal drums.

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East Asian cultural sphere

The "Sinosphere", or "East Asian cultural sphere", refers to a grouping of countries and regions in East Asia that were historically influenced by the Chinese culture.

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Easter Vigil

Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil or the Great Vigil of Easter, is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus.

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Feock, Cornwall

Feock (Lannfyek) is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the burial, cremation, or interment of a corpse, or the burial (or equivalent) with the attendant observances.

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Glendalough

Glendalough is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin.

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Great Lavra Bell Tower

The Great Lavra Bell Tower or the Great Belfry (Велика Лаврська дзвіниця, Большая Лаврская колокольня) is the main bell tower of the ancient cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

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Gulou and Zhonglou (Beijing)

Gulou, or Drum Tower of Beijing, is situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Inner City to the north of Di'anmen Street.

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History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.

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Incarnation (Christianity)

In Christian theology, the doctrine of the Incarnation holds that Jesus, the preexistent divine Logos (Koine Greek for "Word") and the second hypostasis of the Trinity, God the Son and Son of the Father, taking on a human body and human nature, "was made flesh" and conceived in the womb of Mary the Theotokos (Greek for "God-bearer"). The doctrine of the Incarnation, then, entails that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, his two natures joined in hypostatic union.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish round tower

Irish round towers (Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural) – literally "bell house") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Ivan the Great Bell Tower

The Ivan the Great Bell Tower (Колокольня Ивана Великого, Kolokol'nya Ivana Velikogo) is a church tower inside the Moscow Kremlin complex.

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Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower

The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, or simply Old Joe, is a clock tower and campanile located in Chancellor's court at the University of Birmingham, in the suburb of Edgbaston.

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Katúň

Katúň is a small settlement close to Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia (48° 59' N, 20° 44' E).

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Kiev Pechersk Lavra

Kiev Pechersk Lavra or Kyiv Pechersk Lavra(Києво-Печерська лавра: Kyievo-Pechers'ka lavra, Киeво-Печерская лавра: Kievo-Pecherskaya lavra), also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kiev.

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known worldwide for its unintended tilt.

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Lille

Lille (Rijsel; Rysel) is a city at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe.

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Little Bytham

Little Bytham is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer (also called the Our Father, Pater Noster, or the Model Prayer) is a venerated Christian prayer which, according to the New Testament, Jesus taught as the way to pray: Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and a shorter form in the Gospel of Luke when "one of his disciples said to him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.'" Lutheran theologian Harold Buls suggested that both were original, the Matthaen version spoken by Jesus early in his ministry in Galilee, and the Lucan version one year later, "very likely in Judea".

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.

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Main Building (University of Texas at Austin)

The Main Building (known colloquially as The Tower) is a structure at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Downtown Austin, Texas, United States.

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Mass (liturgy)

Mass is a term used to describe the main eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.

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Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, among other names) is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Minaret

Minaret (مناره, minarə, minare), from منارة, "lighthouse", also known as Goldaste (گلدسته), is a distinctive architectural structure akin to a tower and typically found adjacent to mosques.

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Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

Mission San Carlos Borromeo del río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission or Mission Carmel, first built in 1797, is one of the most authentically restored Roman Catholic mission churchs in California.

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Mostar

Mostar is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Murcia Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary in Murcia (Spanish: Iglesia Catedral de Santa María en Murcia), commonly called the Cathedral of Murcia, is a Catholic church in the city of Murcia, Spain.

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Octagon on cube

Octagon on cube (also octagon on the quadrangle) is a type of architectural composition, in which a building is designed so as the upper octagon-shaped part is placed on the lower cube-shaped part.

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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.

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Paulinus of Nola

Paulinus of Nola (Paolino di Nola; Paulinus Nolanus,; also Anglicized as Pauline of Nola; – June 22, 431), born Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, was a Roman poet, writer, and senator who attained the ranks of suffect consul and governor of Campania (–1) but—following the assassination of the emperor Gratian and under the influence of his Spanish wife Therasia—abandoned his career, was baptized as a Christian, and (after Therasia's death) became bishop of Nola in Campania.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Pisa

Pisa is a city in the Tuscany region of Central Italy straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea.

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Pisa Cathedral

Pisa Cathedral (Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta; Duomo di Pisa) is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Provo, Utah

Provo is the third-largest city in Utah, United States.

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Russian Orthodox bell ringing

Russian Orthodox bell ringing has a history starting from the baptism of Rus in 988 and plays an important role in the traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Sather Tower

Sather Tower is a campanile (clock tower), with clocks on its four faces, on the University of California, Berkeley campus, more commonly known as The Campanile for its resemblance to the Campanile di San Marco in Venice.

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Schepenhuis, Aalst

The Schepenhuis (Aldermen's House) of Aalst, Belgium, is a former city hall, one of the oldest in the Low Countries.

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Shōrō

The two main types of bell tower in Japan The or is the bell tower of a Buddhist temple in Japan, housing the temple's.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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St Medardus and St Gildardus Church, Little Bytham

The church of St Medardus and St Gildardus in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England, is a Grade I listed building.

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Swan Bells

The Swan Bells are a set of 18 bells hanging in a specially built -high copper and glass campanile in Perth, Western Australia.

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Tōdai-ji

is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan.

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Teruel

Teruel is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province.

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Tower

A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside), is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system.

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University of Kansas

The University of Kansas, also referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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University of Northern Iowa

The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a university located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States.

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Wedding

A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage.

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Yerevan

Yerevan (Երևան, sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

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Ypres Cloth Hall

The Cloth Hall (Lakenhal/Lakenhalle) is a large cloth hall, a medieval commercial building, in Ypres, Belgium.

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Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church

Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin Church (Զորավոր Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի (Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin yekeghets'i)) is the oldest surviving church in Yerevan.

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Zvonnitsa

A zvonnitsa (звонница; dzvinytsia; dzwonnica parawanowa; zvoniţă) is a large rectangular structure containing multiple arches or beams that support bells, and a basal platform where bell ringers stand to perform the ringing using long ropes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_tower

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