The tallest and most ornate tower is based on a bell tower in Florence by Giotto, the smaller octagonal tower is based on a tower in Verona and the smallest tower represents a Tuscan tower as seen in San Samignano.
While the 103 guest rooms and suites are now light-splashed and modern, the familiar Spanish-style architecture remains it now matches the new 12, 000-square-foot building which houses a bell tower, fitness studio, Spa by La Prairie and three airy guest rooms with open floor plans and retractable interior walls.
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Another piece "Frari" was filmed inside a 1396 bell tower which the public are never allowed to enter.
The two schools that Dulwich College has opened feature its iconic bell-tower as a unifying theme, says Graham Able, its headteacher and extensive playing fields.
On his third night, a hubbub breaks out in the square below the bell tower.
Above the central mass sits the cubic base of the bell tower, which in turn rises solidly as a cylinder, then a drum capped by the dome.
Completed in 1960, the building has no bell tower, and its only mark of distinction is a cross on the facade a concession that Afghanistan granted only after extensive lobbying by Rome.
During the storm, on 22 January, blocks of up to half a tonne smashed through the church's roof and lodged in the bell tower.
In 1992, Holy Trinity, built on a hill a mile outside Buckfastleigh, burnt down in spectacular fashion - only the bell tower was saved.
As a mark of respect, the chimes of Big Ben, as the bell and clock tower by the Palace of Westminster are commonly known, were silenced for the duration of the proceedings.
With its working bell tower, the Centre County Courthouse, built in 1805, looks like a throwback to simpler times.
Children's BBC presenter Angellica Bell and Channel 4 chat show host Graham Norton pushed a "red nose" plunger to light up the tower on Friday evening.
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