Clocher (bell tower)

Church tower in which the bells are hung, often square, sometimes octagonal.
This is the clocher called "de l'Eau bénite" (holy water) on the southern greater transept of the abbatiale (abbey church) in Cluny.
See also the other entries related to clocher.

Clocher dit "de l'Eau bénite"- Cluny

Clocher à peigne (bell-gable)

A simple wall with one or more cut-aways for the bells.
This bell-gable belongs to the Saint-Martin in Saint-Martin-de-Lixy.

Saint-Martin - Saint-Martin-de-Lixy

Clocher-porche (bell tower-portal ©)

The translation in the title is followed by this sign ©; this means that it has been "invented" by me.

Bell tower which houses the western entrance of the church.
Here the Saint-Ferréol in Curgy.

Saint-Ferréol - Curgy

Clocheton (ridge turret)

Small bell tower, often used as a decorative element on the corners of a flèche (spire) of a church tower or of another building.
In the picture the tower of the catedral vieja (old cathedral) in Salamanca (Spain).

Catedral vieja - Salamanca