Example sentences for: campanile

How can you use “campanile” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On the equally attractive Piazza San Lorenzo, the Palazzo Papale has an impressive 13th-century Gothic loggia, opposite the Cathedral’s intriguing mixture of Gothic campanile (bell tower) and Renaissance façade with Romanesque interior.

  • Beside it, the Norman Gothic La Martorana church, partly remodeled with a Baroque façade and porch, has a fine campanile with four storys of slender mullioned windows.

  • Its airy arcades reach out to the 900-year-old basilica and turn a corner past the soaring brick campanile to the Piazzetta and landing stage of St. Mark’s basin (il Bacino), historic gateway to the Adriatic and distant ports beyond.

  • The piazza’s beloved Campanile (Bell Tower), at 99 m (324 ft) is the highest structure in the city, for 10 centuries its belfry, lighthouse, weather vane, and gun turret.

  • The first of its glories is the free-standing campanile, designed by the multi-talented Giotto.


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