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belfry
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Also known as beffroi, civic tower

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The belfry ( ) is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple. It can also refer to the entire tower or building, particularly in continental Europe for such a tower attached to a city hall or other civic building.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “belfry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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