Zvonnitsa
A zvonnitsa (Russian: звонница; Ukrainian: дзвіниця, romanized: dzvinytsia; Polish: dzwonnica parawanowa; Romanian: zvoniţă) is a large rectangular structure containing multiple arches or beams that support bells, and a basal platform where bell ringers stand to perform the ringing using long ropes. It was an alternative to a bell tower in Russian, Polish and Romanian medieval architectural traditions, primarily used in Russian architecture of the 14th–17th centuries. Currently, zvonnitsa are especially widespread in the environs of Pskov.
Sometimes zvonnitsa were mounted directly on church roofs, resulting in a special form of church called a pod zvonom (Russian: под звоном, lit. 'under ringing') or izhe pod kolokoly (иже под колоколы, 'under bells'). The most famous example of this type is the Church of St Ivan of the Ladder, adjacent to Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the Moscow Kremlin.
In Polish, the word Dzwonnica (pl:Dzwonnica) refers to any type of bell tower, while the fortified trellis construction containing apertures for bells is referred to by the term dzwonnica parawanowa.
Examples
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- Zvonnitsa in Borisoglebsky Monastery, Borisoglebsky, Yaroslavl Oblast
- Zvonnica of Nikola Church in Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery
- Pskov. Church of St. Georg "so Vzvoza" with zvonnitsa
- Zvonnitsa in Rostov Kremlin
- Zvonnitsa in Saint Euthymius Monastery, Suzdal
See also
- Belfry
- Bell tower
External links
- Zvonnitsa in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- Zvonnitsa in Architectural dictionary
- Zhuravlev Yu. V. Zvonnitsa of Sophia Cathedral
- A. G. Melnik. About zvonnitsa of Borisoglebsky Monastery Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Churches Under Bells
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terminology
- Bell
- Bell-cot
- Bellfounding
- Bell-gable
- Bell pattern
- Bell tower / Campanile
- Bell-ringer
- Bell shrine
- Belfry
- Bourdon
- Campanology (index)
- Peal
- Ring of bells
- Strike tone
- Striking clock
- Zvonnitsa
- List of heaviest bells
- Balangiga bells
- Bell of Good Luck
- Bell of King Seongdeok
- Big Ben
- Freedom Bell
- Great Bell of Dhammazedi
- Great Tom
- Ivan the Great Bell Tower
- Japanese Peace Bell
- Justice Bell
- Liberty Bell
- Maria Gloriosa
- Mingun Bell
- Bells of Notre-Dame de Paris
- Olympic Bell
- Petersglocke
- Sigismund Bell
- Swan Bells
- Temple Bell (Boston)
- Tsar Bell
- World Peace Bells
- Kentucky
- Yongle Big Bell
and foundries
- Bergholtz [sv]
- Bilbie family
- Andrey Chokhov
- Cockey
- Royal Eijsbouts
- Kashpir Ganusov
- Vanden Gheyn
- Gillett & Johnston
- Grassmayr
- Miles Graye
- Hatch
- Pieter and François Hemony
- Christopher Hodson
- Franciscus Illenfeld
- Juutila
- Marinelli
- McShane
- Meneely
- John Murphy
- Olsen Nauen
- Glockengießerei Otto
- Paccard
- Petit & Fritsen
- Richard Phelps
- Rudhall
- John and William Rufford
- Saarlouiser Glockengießerei
- Schilling [de]
- Taylor
- Hugh Watts
- Warner
- Whitechapel
- Geert van Wou
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