41.   Large cranes had removed a portion of the bell tower before a city building and safety official halted work that afternoon, saying a permit was needed.

42.   Lonely amid verdant fields not far from the Adriatic looms the red brick basilica of San Apollinare of Classe accompanied by a cylindrical eight-story bell tower.

43.   Most authorities maintain that the early clocks were large ones for bell towers.

44.   New signs explain the ancient architecture, which includes spires, minarets and bell towers.

45.   One anonymous churchgoer, aghast at plans to save money by making the new steeple of fiberglass, paid for a new brick bell tower.

46.   Some never set foot inside, but drew strength from passing by the famous bell tower on their way to and from their labors.

47.   Some repairs were straightforward, like securing the top of the Romanesque bell tower and filling enormous cracks in the walls of the cloister of Sixtus IV.

48.   Take a self-guided tour through the building and climb up to the bell tower for a panoramic view of the city.

49.   That still rankles Jeff Bezdek, a Waco resident who travels around Texas installing and servicing bell towers.

50.   That is because the mission has no bell tower.