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Belltower
and Chapel Behind the Church of St. George
Italiano
Going up the Brdo hill to
reach the Church of St. George, there is a clearing where there is a
chapel containing a crucifix at full human scale.
Between the chapel and the bell tower of
the Church of St. George are two trees - a large oak and a giant elm
that is nearly the height of the 35 m. bell tower.
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The isolated sandstone belltower (35 m.)
which rises about ten metres higher than the church, was constructed in
1765 by Giorgio Pezulich, as remembered by the inscribed stone above the
entrance:
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ERECTUM
A FODMENTIS
SUB PARROCCHO
GEORGIO PEZULICH
ANNO 1765
(raised from the ground
up under parish priest Giorgio Pezzulich in
1782) |
Under the free-standing bell tower
delineated by two
profiled cornices, every side has mullioned
windows that can be opened.
The spire at the top has an octagonal shape
that follows the plan
like the spire that overwhelms it.
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