belfry
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The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
There’s the formidable Castle of the Counts, the 15th-century Great Butchers’ Hall, the UNESCO-listed belfry lording over it all.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
The church is scarred by rockets and shells, but the golden dome above its blasted belfry still gleams in the fading autumn light.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022
The enormous bell was pulled by 16 horses to Westminster, where it took 18 hours to haul it nearly 200 feet to the belfry before it could first ring out.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022
As twilight edged from grey to purple there was a noise in the spire, like a fluttering of heavy velvet, and Silas left his resting place in the belfry and clambered headfirst down the spire.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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