Talk:Campanile

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Should this be merged with bell tower and belfry? The definition looks the same to me. Coffee 13:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


 * A belfry is not free standing. Also, at least in the US, Campanile, means free standing bell tower, in the style of St. Mark's of Venice. This should perhaps be made clear in the article. MarcusGraly 19:43, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * They should indeed be merged. "Campanile" is simply Italian for belltower, whether it's freestanding or not. The article seems to only reflect the meaning of the word used in US English. --79.52.192.113 (talk) 08:32, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


 * In the german language the word "Campanile" always refers to a free-standing tower belonging to a church. The meaning is therefor not US-specific. Even if it simply means belltower in italian (free-standing or not) it represents a totally different building style compared to 'usual' churches. 194.24.158.2 (talk) 13:18, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Meaning?
The following two sentence/paragraphs are in the lead, and have been for some time; call me silly, but i cannot fathom what they are trying to say, if they are linked or not, or even if there is any meaning. ''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.'' Can someone with some knowledge elucidate for me? 89.168.244.191 (talk) 05:21, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Dom Tower in Utrecht
According to the definition on this page, the Dom Tower in Utrecht also is a Campanile. Although it wasn't built as a free standing tower, it has been separated from the church building since 1674 when a tornado tore through the structure and the connecting nave collapsed. If the Dom tower is a campanile, it would be the tallest in the world at 112.5m. 80.89.236.78 (talk) 09:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation
I made a correction to the pronunciation. The English pronunciation would be "camp-a-neel", not "camp-a-neely". AmericanLeMans (talk) 20:47, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Torre degli Asinelli
The Torre degli Asinelli in Bologna is NOT a campanile! It never had any bell, it was built in 12th century just to show Asinelli family's wealth. I think it should be removed from the list.--Gspinoza (talk) 07:32, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Mills's El Campanile first on a college campus?
I am wondering about relevance of the claim made on this page that El Campanil is believed to be the first campanile on a college campus.

> El Campanil in Mills College. Designed by Julia Morgan, it is believed > to be the first campanile on a college campus and the first reinforced > concrete structure on the West Coast.

As it is apparently an erroneous belief, it does not seem particularly relevant to the subject.

Although there is no Wikipedia article on this campanile, the Council of Independent Colleges lists it as being designed and constructed in 1904. Also, the Historical Marker Database shows a picture of a dedication marker giving a date of 14 April, 1904, and a plaque claiming it was erected in MDCCCCIV seemingly confirming the 20th century origin of this structure.

Wikipedia gives construction dates for the Stanton Memorial Carillon as 1897-1898, which I believe to be correct. They are confirmed by an Iowa State University source.

Whether the Iowa State structure is the oldest campus campanile in the United States I have no idea, but I do know the one at Trinity College, Dublin, is older, as perhaps are many in Europe.

Automeris (talk) 17:01, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Merge with Bell Tower
I can't see any reason to have two articles on the same topic.Mddkpp (talk) 14:10, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Removal of list
diff This list should be handled by categories - it was 'painfully' incomplete, and ultimately would be far too long. I will check that the members of the list have been categorised were possible.Mddkpp (talk) 11:30, 21 February 2012 (UTC)