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Bell towers

2013-12-16T13:02:22Z

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{{Infobox Bell Towers
|image= [[File:Bell_Tower_Map.png|300px| Bell tower map ]]
|total number=107}}

''This page is an overview of all the bell towers in Venice. For a typical bell tower, see [[Bell Tower]].''

''This section needs improvement.''
Venice 106 bell towers. These towers contain anywhere from 0-9 [[Bells]]. There are different styles of bell towers throughout Venice, mainly dependent on the time periods in which they were constructed. A bell tower is typically named based on the church_LINK it is associated with.

==History==
''This section needs improvement.'' 

==Statistics==
Since 1992, the Venice Project Center has collected data on 41 of the 110 bell towers in Venice. While each tower does not have a complete set of data, several fields are almost if not completely filled.

===Sestiere===
Castello is the sestiere with the most bell towers at 18, while Burano, with only one tower, has the least. Technically speaking, there are several islands that have no bell tower at all, but of the islands that have bell towers, Burano has the least. Below is a graph showing the percentage of bell towers in each sestiere.

[[File:PercentageOfBellTowersInEachSestiere.png|500px||center|Towers by Sestiere]]

As would be expected, the highest number of bell towers can be found on the main islands of Venice, particularly in Castello, Cannaregio, and Dorsuduro. The sestiere of Giudecca and Murano have almost as many bell towers as the main island districts of San Polo and Santa Croce. As is expected, the outlying islands have the lowest number of bell towers. Presumably the areas with a higher concentration of churches are in the areas with a higher population density.

===Height===
The shortest tower, Santa Eufemia, is only 10m tall. The tallest tower is San Marco, at a whopping 98m in height. Below is a graph of the various tower heights.

[[File:HeightsOfTowers.png|500px||center|Heights of towers]]

The majority of towers are between 40 and 70 meters tall. For a bell tower this makes sense because the ultimate goal is to be able to hear the bells from some distance away. Between 0 and 40 meters the sound would get obstructed by surrounding buildings and wouldn’t travel very far. However, go too high and the sound has farther to travel and will dissipate considerably before reaching the ground.

===Bells===
The tower of San Giorgio di Maggiore has 9 bells, the most in the city. With only two bells, Santa Maria di Nazateth Scalzi has the least. Once again, there are towers with no bells, but those are not included in the count. A graph with the number of bells in each tower is below.

[[File:NumberOfBellsPerTower.png|500px||center|Bells per Tower]]

Interestingly enough, the number of bells per tower forms an approximate bell curve peaking at 4. The reason for that is most likely musical. Three notes create a chord. In most cases, changing only one note in the chord can produce an entirely different sound. While three bells can produce one chord, having four means the tower can ring four different chords by changing which bell is silent. Another possibility is the size and shape of the belfry. Many of the towers have square belfries. Bell hangings are large and cumbersome, so having more than one per side may not be possible in some cases. 
''For more facts about bells, see [[Bells]]''

==Map of Bell Towers==

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45.4323566,12.3188206|[[Bell Tower of San Angelo Raffaele]]
45.43501243,12.3239859|[[Bell Tower of Santa Margherita]]
45.4423664,12.3774978|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Erosia]]
45.4280143,12.3809652|[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò del Lido]]
45.4980919,12.4196786|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta di Torcello]]
45.4340354,12.3390460|[[Bell Tower of Basilica di San Marco]]
45.4396126,12.3392768|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria dei Miracoli]]
45.4313948,12.3012726|[[Bell Tower of Ognissanti di Pellestrina]]
45.4294827,12.3438114|[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio Maggiore in Isola]]
45.4171964,12.3690657|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Elisabetta]]
45.4319685,12.3244826|[[Bell Tower of Eremite di San Giuseppe]]
45.4270065,12.3391636|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Presentazione]]
45.4333027,12.3319441|[[Bell Tower of Santo Stefano di Murano]]
45.4329587,12.3361009|[[Bell Tower of San Moise' Profeta]]
45.4434603,12.3392431|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta dei Gesuiti]]
45.4342538,12.3589599|[[Bell Tower of San Pietro]]
45.4344731,12.3433531|[[Bell Tower of San Zaccaria]]
45.4356841,12.3324753|[[Bell Tower of San Benedetto]]
45.4586108,12.3602375|[[Bell Tower of Torre dei Baini]]
45.4376485,12.3363666|[[Bell Tower of San Bartolomeo]]
45.4583877,12.3486466|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria degli Angeli]]
45.4375508,12.3331982|[[Bell Tower of San Silvestro]]
45.4357351,12.3248917|[[Bell Tower of San Pantaleone]]
45.4491356,12.3470493|[[Bell Tower of San Michele]]
45.4403225,12.3273252|[[Bell Tower of San Giacomo dell'Orio]]
45.4254298,12.3230490|[[Bell Tower of Santi Cosmo e Damiano]]
45.43237785,12.31566479|[[Bell Tower of San Nicolo dei Mendicoli]]
45.4839266,12.4060073|[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina di Mazzorbo]]
45.4341933,12.34485933|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Visitazione]]
45.4552157,12.3523294|[[Bell Tower of San Pietro Martire]]
45.4370433,12.3250271|[[Bell Tower of San Rocco]]
45.4323835,12.4104414|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Erasmo]]
45.4335523,12.3281144|[[Bell Tower of San Samuele Profeta]]
45.4433516,12.3365896|[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina]]
45.43511718,12.31714777|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore]]
45.43529914,12.3445328|[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci]]
45.44116934,12.34293069|[[Bell Tower of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti]]
45.4383174,12.3159849|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Andrea Apostolo]]
45.2826964,12.3027006|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Antonino]]
45.4409967,12.3349043|[[Bell Tower of Santa Sophia]]
45.43992825,12.33027466|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Mater Domini]]
45.4381825,12.3486423|[[Bell Tower of San Francesco de la Vigna]]
45.4418780,12.3332981|[[Bell Tower of S. Felice]]
45.432589,12.3542966|[[Tower of San Francesco di Paula]]
45.4371679,12.3407730|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Formosa]]
45.4474585,12.3293570|[[Bell Tower of S. Alvise]]
45.4247764,12.3324751|[[Bell Tower of Santissimo Redentore]]
45.3175159,12.3162271|[[Bell Tower of San Paolo Apostolo]]
45.4355655,12.3377276|[[Bell Tower of Santa Croce degli Armeni]]
45.4398159,12.3324059|[[Bell Tower of San Cassiano]]
45.4330995,12.3160925|[[Bell Tower of Santa Teresa]]
45.4382155,12.3261180|[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Evangelista]]
45.4429493,12.3324341|[[Bell Tower of Santa Fosca]]
45.4332595,12.3256554|[[Bell Tower of San Barnaba]]
45.4376376,12.3222354|[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò da Tolentino]]
45.4251732,12.3306455|[[Bell Tower of Santissima Trinità]]
45.4322898,12.3295463|[[Bell Tower of S. Vitale]]
45.4440875,12.33515582|[[Bell Tower of Abbazia di Valverde]]
45.4416413,12.3217913|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria di Nazareth]]
45.4404149,12.3365296|[[Bell Tower of S. Apostoli]]
45.4273187,12.3657937|[[Bell Tower of S. Elena]]
45.4380458,12.3323134|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Aponallinare]]
45.43922864,12.3445328|[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Crisostomo]]
45.4364099,12.3366913|[[Bell Tower of Ss. Salvatore]]
45.4303681,12.3346371|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Salute]]

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==See Also==
*[[Bell Tower]] 
*[[Bells]] 
*[[Bell]] 
*[[Bell Ringing]] 

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Cristoforo | Bell Tower of S. Cristoforo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni di Rialto | Bell Tower of San Giovanni di Rialto]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina | Bell Tower of Santa Caterina]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Sebastiano | Bell Tower of San Sebastiano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giobbe e Barnardino | Bell Tower of San Giobbe e Barnardino]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Martino di Castello | Bell Tower of San Martino di Castello]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santo Stefano Profeta | Bell Tower of Santo Stefano Profeta ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci | Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Decollato | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Decollato]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti | Bell Tower of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Consolazione | Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Consolazione]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Andrea Apostolo | Bell Tower of Sant'Andrea Apostolo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Nuovo | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Nuovo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Antonino | Bell Tower of Sant'Antonino]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Sophia | Bell Tower of Santa Sophia]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Mater Domini | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Mater Domini]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Malamocco | Bell Tower of Malamocco]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Francesco de la Vigna | Bell Tower of San Francesco de la Vigna]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Felice | Bell Tower of S. Felice]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Francesco di Paula | Bell Tower of San Francesco di Paula]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santi Simone e Giuda | Bell Tower of Santi Simone e Giuda]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giuliano | Bell Tower of San Giuliano ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Formosa | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Formosa]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Alvise | Bell Tower of S. Alvise]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta del Carmelo | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta del Carmelo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santissimo Redentore | Bell Tower of Santissimo Redentore ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Paolo Apostolo | Bell Tower of San Paolo Apostolo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Croce degli Armeni | Bell Tower of Santa Croce degli Armeni]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Cassiano | Bell Tower of San Cassiano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Teresa | Bell Tower of Santa Teresa]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Evangelista | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Evangelista]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giuseppe | Bell Tower of San Giuseppe]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Fosca | Bell Tower of Santa Fosca]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Maria e Donati | Bell Tower of S. Maria e Donati]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Barnaba | Bell Tower of San Barnaba]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò da Tolentino | Bell Tower of San Nicolò da Tolentino]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santissima Trinità | Bell Tower of Santissima Trinità]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Antonio | Bell Tower of Sant'Antonio]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Bonaventura Capuccine | Bell Tower of S. Bonaventura Capuccine]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Vitale | Bell Tower of S. Vitale]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria di Nazareth | Bell Tower of Santa Maria di Nazareth ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Abbazia di Valverde | Bell Tower of Abbazia di Valverde]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria del Rosario | Bell Tower of Santa Maria del Rosario]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Apostoli | Bell Tower of S. Apostoli]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Luva ev. | Bell Tower of San Luva ev.]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Elena | Bell Tower of S. Elena]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Simeone Profeta | Bell Tower of San Simeone Profeta]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Aponallinare | Bell Tower of Sant'Aponallinare]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Martino Vescovo | Bell Tower of S. Martino Vescovo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Crisostomo | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Crisostomo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Ss. Salvatore | Bell Tower of Ss. Salvatore]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Salute | Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Salute]]
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==References==
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==External Links==
*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_tower Bell tower] page
*[http://whc.unesco.org/ UNESCO]
*[http://www.churchesofvenice.co.uk/ The Churches of Venice], with Bell Tower information on each church page

Bell towers

2013-12-16T12:50:32Z

Lmkahn:

{{Infobox Bell Towers
|image= [[File:Bell_Tower_Map.png|300px| Bell tower map ]]
|total number=107}}

''This page is an overview of all the bell towers in Venice. For a typical bell tower, see [[Bell Tower]].''

''This section needs improvement.''
Venice 106 bell towers. These towers contain anywhere from 0-9 [[Bells]]. There are different styles of bell towers throughout Venice, mainly dependent on the time periods in which they were constructed. A bell tower is typically named based on the church_LINK it is associated with.

==History==
''This section needs improvement.'' 

==Statistics==
Since 1992, the Venice Project Center has collected data on 41 of the 110 bell towers in Venice. While each tower does not have a complete set of data, several fields are almost if not completely filled.

===Sestiere===
Castello is the sestiere with the most bell towers at 18, while Burano, with only one tower, has the least. Technically speaking, there are several islands that have no bell tower at all, but of the islands that have bell towers, Burano has the least. Below is a graph showing the percentage of bell towers in each sestiere.

[[File:PercentageOfBellTowersInEachSestiere.png|500px||center|Towers by Sestiere]]

As would be expected, the highest number of bell towers can be found on the main islands of Venice, particularly in Castello, Cannaregio, and Dorsuduro. The sestiere of Giudecca and Murano have almost as many bell towers as the main island districts of San Polo and Santa Croce. As is expected, the outlying islands have the lowest number of bell towers. Presumably the areas with a higher concentration of churches are in the areas with a higher population density.

===Height===
The shortest tower, Santa Eufemia, is only 10m tall. The tallest tower is San Marco, at a whopping 98m in height. Below is a graph of the various tower heights.

[[File:HeightsOfTowers.png|500px||center|Heights of towers]]

The majority of towers are between 40 and 70 meters tall. For a bell tower this makes sense because the ultimate goal is to be able to hear the bells from some distance away. Between 0 and 40 meters the sound would get obstructed by surrounding buildings and wouldn’t travel very far. However, go too high and the sound has farther to travel and will dissipate considerably before reaching the ground.

===Bells===
The tower of San Giorgio di Maggiore has 9 bells, the most in the city. With only two bells, Santa Maria di Nazateth Scalzi has the least. Once again, there are towers with no bells, but those are not included in the count. A graph with the number of bells in each tower is below.

[[File:NumberOfBellsPerTower.png|500px||center|Bells per Tower]]

Interestingly enough, the number of bells per tower forms an approximate bell curve peaking at 4. The reason for that is most likely musical. Three notes create a chord. In most cases, changing only one note in the chord can produce an entirely different sound. While three bells can produce one chord, having four means the tower can ring four different chords by changing which bell is silent. Another possibility is the size and shape of the belfry. Many of the towers have square belfries. Bell hangings are large and cumbersome, so having more than one per side may not be possible in some cases. 
''For more facts about bells, see [[Bells]]''

==Map of Bell Towers==

<display_map height=600 zoom=14 centre=45.440155,12.345403>
45.4323566,12.3188206|[[Bell Tower of San Angelo Raffaele]]
45.43501243,12.3239859|[[Bell Tower of Santa Margherita]]
45.4423664,12.3774978|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Erosia]]
45.4280143,12.3809652|[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò del Lido]]
45.4980919,12.4196786|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta di Torcello]]
45.4340354,12.3390460|[[Bell Tower of Basilica di San Marco]]
45.4396126,12.3392768|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria dei Miracoli]]
45.4313948,12.3012726|[[Bell Tower of Ognissanti di Pellestrina]]
45.4294827,12.3438114|[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio Maggiore in Isola]]
45.4171964,12.3690657|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Elisabetta]]
45.4319685,12.3244826|[[Bell Tower of Eremite di San Giuseppe]]
45.4270065,12.3391636|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Presentazione]]
45.4333027,12.3319441|[[Bell Tower of Santo Stefano di Murano]]
45.4329587,12.3361009|[[Bell Tower of San Moise' Profeta]]
45.4434603,12.3392431|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta dei Gesuiti]]
45.4342538,12.3589599|[[Bell Tower of San Pietro]]
45.4344731,12.3433531|[[Bell Tower of San Zaccaria]]
45.4356841,12.3324753|[[Bell Tower of San Benedetto]]
45.4586108,12.3602375|[[Bell Tower of Torre dei Baini]]
45.4376485,12.3363666|[[Bell Tower of San Bartolomeo]]
45.4583877,12.3486466|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria degli Angeli]]
45.4375508,12.3331982|[[Bell Tower of San Silvestro]]
45.4357351,12.3248917|[[Bell Tower of San Pantaleone]]
45.4491356,12.3470493|[[Bell Tower of San Michele]]
45.4403225,12.3273252|[[Bell Tower of San Giacomo dell'Orio]]
45.4254298,12.3230490|[[Bell Tower of Santi Cosmo e Damiano]]
45.43237785,12.31566479|[[Bell Tower of San Nicolo dei Mendicoli]]
45.4839266,12.4060073|[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina di Mazzorbo]]
45.4341933,12.34485933|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Visitazione]]
45.4552157,12.3523294|[[Bell Tower of San Pietro Martire]]
45.4370433,12.3250271|[[Bell Tower of San Rocco]]
45.4323835,12.4104414|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Erasmo]]
45.4335523,12.3281144|[[Bell Tower of San Samuele Profeta]]
45.4433516,12.3365896|[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina]]
45.43511718,12.31714777|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore]]
45.43529914,12.3445328|[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci]]
45.44116934,12.34293069|[[Bell Tower of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti]]
45.4383174,12.3159849|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Andrea Apostolo]]
45.2826964,12.3027006|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Antonino]]
45.4409967,12.3349043|[[Bell Tower of Santa Sophia]]
45.43992825,12.33027466|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Mater Domini]]
45.4381825,12.3486423|[[Bell Tower of San Francesco de la Vigna]]
45.4418780,12.3332981|[[Bell Tower of S. Felice]]
45.432589,12.3542966|[[Tower of San Francesco di Paula]]
45.4371679,12.3407730|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Formosa]]
45.4474585,12.3293570|[[Bell Tower of S. Alvise]]
45.4247764,12.3324751|[[Bell Tower of Santissimo Redentore]]
45.3175159,12.3162271|[[Bell Tower of San Paolo Apostolo]]
45.4355655,12.3377276|[[Bell Tower of Santa Croce degli Armeni]]
45.4398159,12.3324059|[[Bell Tower of San Cassiano]]
45.4330995,12.3160925|[[Bell Tower of Santa Teresa]]
45.4382155,12.3261180|[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Evangelista]]
45.4429493,12.3324341|[[Bell Tower of Santa Fosca]]
45.4332595,12.3256554|[[Bell Tower of San Barnaba]]
45.4376376,12.3222354|[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò da Tolentino]]
45.4251732,12.3306455|[[Bell Tower of Santissima Trinità]]
45.4322898,12.3295463|[[Bell Tower of S. Vitale]]
45.4416413,123217913|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria di Nazareth]]
45.4440875,12.33515582|[[Bell Tower of Abbazia di Valverde]]
45.4404149,12.3365296|[[Bell Tower of S. Apostoli]]
45.4273187,12.3657937|[[Bell Tower of S. Elena]]
45.4380458,12.3323134|[[Bell Tower of Sant'Aponallinare]]
45.43922864,12.3445328|[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Crisostomo]]
45.4364099,12.3366913|[[Bell Tower of Ss. Salvatore]]
45.4303681,12.3346371|[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Salute]]
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==See Also==
*[[Bell Tower]] 
*[[Bells]] 
*[[Bell]] 
*[[Bell Ringing]] 

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|title = Bell Towers of Venice

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|list1 = [[Bell Tower of San Angelo Raffaele | Bell Tower of San Angelo Raffaele]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santi Gervasio e Protasio | Bell Tower of Santi Gervasio e Protasio]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Margherita | Bell Tower of Santa Margherita ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Erosia | Bell Tower of Sant'Erosia]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò del Lido | Bell Tower of San Nicolò del Lido]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta di Torcello | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta di Torcello]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Basilica di San Marco | Bell Tower of Basilica di San Marco]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria dei Miracoli | Bell Tower of Santa Maria dei Miracoli]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Ognissanti di Pellestrina | Bell Tower of Ognissanti di Pellestrina]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio Maggiore in Isola | Bell Tower of San Giorgio Maggiore in Isola ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Canciano | Bell Tower of San Canciano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Elisabetta | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Elisabetta]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Eremite di San Giuseppe | Bell Tower of Eremite di San Giuseppe]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Presentazione | Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Presentazione]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santo Stefano di Murano | Bell Tower of Santo Stefano di Murano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Eufemia | Bell Tower of Santa Eufemia]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Moise' Profeta | Bell Tower of San Moise' Profeta]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Pietro Apostolo | Bell Tower of San Pietro Apostolo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta dei Gesuiti | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta dei Gesuiti]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Pietro| Bell Tower of San Pietro]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santi Ermagora e Fortunato | Bell Tower of Santi Ermagora e Fortunato]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Zaccaria | Bell Tower of San Zaccaria]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Benedetto | Bell Tower of San Benedetto]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Torre dei Baini | Bell Tower of Torre dei Baini]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Bartolomeo | Bell Tower of San Bartolomeo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria degli Angeli | Bell Tower of Santa Maria degli Angeli]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Silvestro | Bell Tower of San Silvestro]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Pantaleone | Bell Tower of San Pantaleone]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Michele | Bell Tower of San Michele]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Ognissanti | Bell Tower of Ognissanti]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giacomo dell'Orio | Bell Tower of San Giacomo dell'Orio]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Eustachio | Bell Tower of Sant'Eustachio]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santi Cosmo e Damiano | Bell Tower of Santi Cosmo e Damiano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Nicolo dei Mendicoli | Bell Tower of San Nicolo dei Mendicoli]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina di Mazzorbo | Bell Tower of Santa Caterina di Mazzorbo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Marciliano | Bell Tower of San Marciliano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Visitazione | Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Visitazione ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Pietro Martire | Bell Tower of San Pietro Martire]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Rocco | Bell Tower of San Rocco ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Leone IX pp. | Bell Tower of San Leone IX pp.]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Erasmo | Bell Tower of Sant'Erasmo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Angelo | Bell Tower of Sant'Angelo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Samuele Profeta | Bell Tower of San Samuele Profeta]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Ubaldo | Bell Tower of Sant'Ubaldo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Geremia e Lucia | Bell Tower of San Geremia e Lucia]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Cristoforo | Bell Tower of S. Cristoforo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni di Rialto | Bell Tower of San Giovanni di Rialto]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Caterina | Bell Tower of Santa Caterina]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Sebastiano | Bell Tower of San Sebastiano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giobbe e Barnardino | Bell Tower of San Giobbe e Barnardino]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Martino di Castello | Bell Tower of San Martino di Castello]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santo Stefano Profeta | Bell Tower of Santo Stefano Profeta ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci | Bell Tower of San Giorgio dei Greci]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Decollato | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Decollato]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti | Bell Tower of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Consolazione | Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Consolazione]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Andrea Apostolo | Bell Tower of Sant'Andrea Apostolo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Nuovo | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Nuovo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Antonino | Bell Tower of Sant'Antonino]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Sophia | Bell Tower of Santa Sophia]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Mater Domini | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Mater Domini]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Malamocco | Bell Tower of Malamocco]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Francesco de la Vigna | Bell Tower of San Francesco de la Vigna]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Felice | Bell Tower of S. Felice]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Francesco di Paula | Bell Tower of San Francesco di Paula]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santi Simone e Giuda | Bell Tower of Santi Simone e Giuda]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giuliano | Bell Tower of San Giuliano ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Formosa | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Formosa]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Alvise | Bell Tower of S. Alvise]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta del Carmelo | Bell Tower of Santa Maria Assunta del Carmelo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santissimo Redentore | Bell Tower of Santissimo Redentore ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Paolo Apostolo | Bell Tower of San Paolo Apostolo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Croce degli Armeni | Bell Tower of Santa Croce degli Armeni]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Cassiano | Bell Tower of San Cassiano]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Teresa | Bell Tower of Santa Teresa]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Evangelista | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Evangelista]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giuseppe | Bell Tower of San Giuseppe]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Fosca | Bell Tower of Santa Fosca]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Maria e Donati | Bell Tower of S. Maria e Donati]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Barnaba | Bell Tower of San Barnaba]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Nicolò da Tolentino | Bell Tower of San Nicolò da Tolentino]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santissima Trinità | Bell Tower of Santissima Trinità]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Antonio | Bell Tower of Sant'Antonio]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Bonaventura Capuccine | Bell Tower of S. Bonaventura Capuccine]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Vitale | Bell Tower of S. Vitale]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria di Nazareth | Bell Tower of Santa Maria di Nazareth ]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Abbazia di Valverde | Bell Tower of Abbazia di Valverde]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria del Rosario | Bell Tower of Santa Maria del Rosario]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Apostoli | Bell Tower of S. Apostoli]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Luva ev. | Bell Tower of San Luva ev.]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Elena | Bell Tower of S. Elena]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Simeone Profeta | Bell Tower of San Simeone Profeta]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Sant'Aponallinare | Bell Tower of Sant'Aponallinare]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of S. Martino Vescovo | Bell Tower of S. Martino Vescovo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of San Giovanni Crisostomo | Bell Tower of San Giovanni Crisostomo]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Ss. Salvatore | Bell Tower of Ss. Salvatore]]{{w}}[[Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Salute | Bell Tower of Santa Maria della Salute]]
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==References==
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==External Links==
*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_tower Bell tower] page
*[http://whc.unesco.org/ UNESCO]
*[http://www.churchesofvenice.co.uk/ The Churches of Venice], with Bell Tower information on each church page

Altar

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[[File:altar.jpg|right|thumb|Altar]]
Altars are found in all churches and is where the Eucharistic sacrifice takes place during mass. Altars can range from being simple tables to intricate stone pieces with carved figures on the front and sides. These figures typically depict biblical figures or stories. The main altar of a church is a focal point of the interior. Larger churches may have additional smaller side altars in addition to the main altar, where masses can be held in a more intimate setting.

== Position of Main Altar ==

In the ancient basilicas the priest faced the people as he stood at the altar. When the basilicas were adapted for Christian assemblies, slight modifications were made and the altar stood between the clergy and people. Later on the altar was placed in the apse against or at least near the wall, so that the priest when celebrating faced the east and the people were placed behind him.

== Material of the Altar ==

Altars that were made in the first centuries of Christianity were probably made of wood. Later altars were made of either stone or silver. Since wood is subject to decay, the baser metals to corrosion, and the more precious metals were too expensive, stone became in course of time the ordinary material for an altar. The present discipline of the Church requires that for the consecration of an altar it must be of stone.

== Form of an Altar ==

There are two kinds of altars according to the present discipline of the church, the fixed and the portable. A fixed altar is one that is attached to a wall, a floor, or a column whether it be consecrated or not and in the in the liturgical sense it is a permanent structure of stone, consisting of a consecrated table and support, which must be built on a solid foundation. A portable altar is one that may be carried from one place to another and in the liturgical sense it is a consecrated altar-stone, sufficiently large to hold the Sacred Host and the greater part of the base of the chalice. It is inserted in the table of an altar which is not a consecrated fixed altar.

The component parts of a fixed altar in the liturgical sense are the table, the support and the sepulchrum. The table must be a single slab of stone firmly joined by cement to the support, so that the table and support together make one piece. Five Greek crosses are engraved on its surface, one at each of the four corners, about six inches from both edges, but directly above the support, and one in the center.<ref>Schulte, Augustin Joseph. Altar (in Liturgy). Available from http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Altar_Frontal.</ref>

== Side Altars ==

Owning side altars was very important for guilds. The limited financial resources of guilds, together with the strongly devotional character of their communal life, are the reason why altar-pieces, and not other types of paintings, are what each guild acquired before trying to acquire anything else.

== Guilds ==

The focal point of guild life was not usually the meeting-house, but the church altar, and it was here that the guilds tended to naturally concentrate their energies. Virtually all of them would by the fifteenth century have acquired patronage rights to a side altar and as well as providing funds for a priest to officiate at religious ceremonies, they also normally undertook to provide the altar with liturgical accessories and a fitting decoration. Only the very smallest and poorest of guilds could not have stretched themselves, if they wanted, to commission some sort of painted altar-piece. Whatever the size of the guild, the most pressing property was to secure rights to a church altar and a burial place for its members, and only when that had been achieved could it contemplate acquiring a meeting-house of its own.<ref>Humfrey, Peter, and Richard MacKenney. 1986. The Venetian Trade Guilds as Patrons of Art in the Renaissance. 128 (998):317-330.</ref>

== References ==

<references/>

Altar

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Altar

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Altars are found in all churches and is where the Eucharistic sacrifice takes place during mass. Altars can range from being simple tables to intricate stone pieces with carved figures on the front and sides. These figures typically depict biblical figures or stories. The main altar of a church is a focal point of the interior. Larger churches may have additional smaller side altars in addition to the main altar, where masses can be held in a more intimate setting.

== Position of Main Altar ==

In the ancient basilicas the priest faced the people as he stood at the altar. When the basilicas were adapted for Christian assemblies, slight modifications were made and the altar stood between the clergy and people. Later on the altar was placed in the apse against or at least near the wall, so that the priest when celebrating faced the east and the people were placed behind him.

== Material of the Altar ==

Altars that were made in the first centuries of Christianity were probably made of wood. Later altars were made of either stone or silver. Since wood is subject to decay, the baser metals to corrosion, and the more precious metals were too expensive, stone became in course of time the ordinary material for an altar. The present discipline of the Church requires that for the consecration of an altar it must be of stone.

== Form of an Altar ==

There are two kinds of altars according to the present discipline of the church, the fixed and the portable. A fixed altar is one that is attached to a wall, a floor, or a column whether it be consecrated or not and in the in the liturgical sense it is a permanent structure of stone, consisting of a consecrated table and support, which must be built on a solid foundation. A portable altar is one that may be carried from one place to another and in the liturgical sense it is a consecrated altar-stone, sufficiently large to hold the Sacred Host and the greater part of the base of the chalice. It is inserted in the table of an altar which is not a consecrated fixed altar.

The component parts of a fixed altar in the liturgical sense are the table, the support and the sepulchrum. The table must be a single slab of stone firmly joined by cement to the support, so that the table and support together make one piece. Five Greek crosses are engraved on its surface, one at each of the four corners, about six inches from both edges, but directly above the support, and one in the center.<ref>Schulte, Augustin Joseph. Altar (in Liturgy). Available from http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Altar_Frontal.</ref>

== Side Altars ==

Owning side altars was very important for guilds. The limited financial resources of guilds, together with the strongly devotional character of their communal life, are the reason why altar-pieces, and not other types of paintings, are what each guild acquired before trying to acquire anything else.

== Guilds ==

The focal point of guild life was not usually the meeting-house, but the church altar, and it was here that the guilds tended to naturally concentrate their energies. Virtually all of them would by the fifteenth century have acquired patronage rights to a side altar and as well as providing funds for a priest to officiate at religious ceremonies, they also normally undertook to provide the altar with liturgical accessories and a fitting decoration. Only the very smallest and poorest of guilds could not have stretched themselves, if they wanted, to commission some sort of painted altar-piece. Whatever the size of the guild, the most pressing property was to secure rights to a church altar and a burial place for its members, and only when that had been achieved could it contemplate acquiring a meeting-house of its own.<ref>Humfrey, Peter, and Richard MacKenney. 1986. The Venetian Trade Guilds as Patrons of Art in the Renaissance. 128 (998):317-330.</ref>

== References ==

<references/>

Altar

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Altars are found in all churches and is where the Eucharistic sacrifice takes place during mass. Altars can range from being simple tables to intricate stone pieces with carved figures on the front and sides. These figures typically depict biblical figures or stories. The main altar of a church is a focal point of the interior. Larger churches may have additional smaller side altars in addition to the main altar, where masses can be held in a more intimate setting.

== Position of Main Altar ==

In the ancient basilicas the priest faced the people as he stood at the altar. When the basilicas were adapted for Christian assemblies, slight modifications were made and the altar stood between the clergy and people. Later on the altar was placed in the apse against or at least near the wall, so that the priest when celebrating faced the east and the people were placed behind him.

== Material of the Altar ==

Altars that were made in the first centuries of Christianity were probably made of wood. Later altars were made of either stone or silver. Since wood is subject to decay, the baser metals to corrosion, and the more precious metals were too expensive, stone became in course of time the ordinary material for an altar. The present discipline of the Church requires that for the consecration of an altar it must be of stone.

== Form of an Altar ==

There are two kinds of altars according to the present discipline of the church, the fixed and the portable. A fixed altar is one that is attached to a wall, a floor, or a column whether it be consecrated or not and in the in the liturgical sense it is a permanent structure of stone, consisting of a consecrated table and support, which must be built on a solid foundation. A portable altar is one that may be carried from one place to another and in the liturgical sense it is a consecrated altar-stone, sufficiently large to hold the Sacred Host and the greater part of the base of the chalice. It is inserted in the table of an altar which is not a consecrated fixed altar.

The component parts of a fixed altar in the liturgical sense are the table, the support and the sepulchrum. The table must be a single slab of stone firmly joined by cement to the support, so that the table and support together make one piece. Five Greek crosses are engraved on its surface, one at each of the four corners, about six inches from both edges, but directly above the support, and one in the center.

== Side Altars ==

Owning side altars was very important for guilds. The limited financial resources of guilds, together with the strongly devotional character of their communal life, are the reason why altar-pieces, and not other types of paintings, are what each guild acquired before trying to acquire anything else.

== Guilds ==

The focal point of guild life was not usually the meeting-house, but the church altar, and it was here that the guilds tended to naturally concentrate their energies. Virtually all of them would by the fifteenth century have acquired patronage rights to a side altar and as well as providing funds for a priest to officiate at religious ceremonies, they also normally undertook to provide the altar with liturgical accessories and a fitting decoration. Only the very smallest and poorest of guilds could not have stretched themselves, if they wanted, to commission some sort of painted altar-piece. Whatever the size of the guild, the most pressing property was to secure rights to a church altar and a burial place for its members, and only when that had been achieved could it contemplate acquiring a meeting-house of its own.