belfries in English

noun
1
a bell tower or steeple housing bells, especially one that is part of a church.
The palace chapel had porcelain bells in the wooden belfry and large porcelain figures of the apostles.

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1. More info on the Belgian Belfries

2. What does Belfries mean? Information and translations of Belfries in the most comprehensive …

3. What are synonyms for Belfries?

4. Belfries of Belgium and France Twenty-three Belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed in 2005, as an extension to the 32 Belgian Belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia.

5. Synonyms for Belfries in Free Thesaurus

6. Belfries meaning Plural form of belfry.

7. The Belfries of Belgium and France are a world heritage site.The site comprises 56 Belfries from Flanders and Wallonia in Belgium, and from far northern France.

8. Definition of Belfries in the Definitions.net dictionary

9. Belfries of Belgium and France, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in historic Flanders which is a collection of historical Belfries

10. Belfries are another example of remnants of the past

11. These Belfries brought an element of picturesqueness to the design of churches.

12. Etymologically, Belfries have nothing to do with bells

13. Twenty-three Belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed as a group, an extension to the 32 Belgian Belfries inscrib

14. The Belfries are large towers in central public areas

15. UNESCO included 32 towers of Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia in 1999

16. These Belfries were built during the Middle Ages in the Duchy of Burgundy

17. The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings

18. In fact, Rydell says, attics and Belfries make excellent roosts for the flying mammals

19. In 1999, the UNESCO listed 32 Belfries in Belgium as World Heritage Sites and decided to extend the list in 2005 with 23 additional Belfries located in Hauts-de-France and 1 …

20. Nowadays, the Belfries of Flanders play an important part of the northern French and Belgian touristic attractions

21. Synonyms for Belfries include campaniles, carillons, cupolas, domes, head, minarets, spires, steeples, towers and turrets

22. Whether they will be allowed to evict their unwelcome, unsavoury, tenants, from belfries and elsewhere, is another matter.

23. All these uses have passed away, and most of the Belfries have either fallen into neglect or been appropriated to other purposes

24. Belfries definition: the part of a tower or steeple in which bells are hung Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

25. An unequalled ensemble of fifty-six Belfries of Belgium and France is designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Site, in recognition of an architectural manifes

26. How Paris Firefighters Helped Preserve Notre Dame Towers Decisions to focus on Belfries and to dial back water pressure were key to preserving structure and artwork

27. The World Heritage Site was originally called the Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia, a 1999 UNESCO list of 32 towers in those two regions of Belgium.

28. A true regional symbol, the Belfries are the architectural pride of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and are undeniably part of the area's built heritage

29. This includes 33 Belfries (churchlike clock towers built as symbols of civic freedoms), fine examples of which are found in Tournai, Bruges and St-Truiden

30. Wall-like Belfries or elongated rectangular ones with an interior space received expressive plastic treatment in the ancient Russian (especially Pskov) stone churches of the 14th through 17th centuries

31. Bats in Belfries and Other Places ; Folklore about bats in buildings most often portends doom— a reflection, perhaps, on the way many cultures have viewed bats through the centuries

32. We only present some more info about the Belgian Belfries and leave the Northern part of France to someone who wants to do the same kind of project as we have done for Belgium.

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34. ‘The dark clouds cast a deep shadow over much of the landscape, and the silhouettes of the domes and Belfries appear dramatically backlit against the light in the distance.’ ‘Despite the fact that it was completed well into the Catholic period of Spain, the Mujedar style is still very clearly present in the cathedral's belfry and lantern

35. However, Admirable as the Paris of to-day may seem to you, reconstruct the Paris of the fifteenth century, call it up before you in thought; look at the sky athwart that surprising forest of spires, towers, and belfries; spread out in the centre of the city, tear away at the point of the islands, fold at the arches of the bridges, the Seine, with its broad green and yellow expanses, more