as workers seeking to correct it add six steps from the seventh cornice up to the bell chamber's floor on the south side, while only adding four steps on the north side. The tower is officially ...

“Contributions were solicited from local residents to place the bell and a clock in the south tower,” he said. “The name of every donor was included on a plaque on the tower when the bell was restored ...

Designed by Giotto in the early 14th century, this ornate 277-foot high bell tower is part of the renowned Duomo in central Florence's Piazza del Duomo. Although it is known as Giotto's Bell Tower ...