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Clock Tower in Ansouis

The campaniles in Provence are lovely airy structures built of wrought iron, open and lacy to enable the strong mistral winds to blow through. They often top the village clock tower, or the entrance through the ramparts, and sometimes, though not often, the church tower. the campanile crowns the semi-circular clock tower on the 16th century ramparts. The oldest reference to the campanile in the municipal archives goes back to the 17th century.

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