On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:24:15 -0500 "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 1240AD? How does that jibe with the concept of the campanile - the > Italian bell tower that lots of towns in Italy have? Was the > detached bell tower somehow an imitation of the Roman? I don't know about this specific case, but there are quite a few 'detached' towers in England (and probably Wales, come to think of it). In some cases - I believe the one right at the crossroads at the (Roman) centre of Gloucester - were bombed in the 2nd world war; in other cases there was just some engineering reason for building the tower slightly apart. Brian Chandler ---------------- Jigsaw puzzles from Japan http://imaginatorium.org/shop/ imaginatorium@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
