Dionysiy Frescoes Museum

Bell Tower

1680s

Bell Tower

Bell Tower

Address: Ferapontovo village, Kirillov district, Vologda region, Russia
Place: Dionysiy Frescoes Museum
Created time: 1680s
Matherial: Brick
Category: Architectural monuments

The tent-shaped three-storey Bell-Tower is a very rare type of belfries with a square layout of bells and a four-sided tent. There are 17 bells in its upper tier. A unique mechanism of the striking clock dated to 1638 has come down to us in the tent.