Bell tower
（重定向自Belltower）
![A bell tower in the Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery, Macedonia](/Images/godic/202412/23/Bigorski_manastir_kambana5849.jpg")
![The Santo Tomás parish church in Haro, La Rioja has an exconjuratory in its bell tower](/Images/godic/202412/23/Iglesia_de_Santo_Tomás_-_Campanario_y_cúpula25849.jpg")
![Shafer Tower at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana](/Images/godic/202412/23/Ball-state-university-bell-tower5849.jpg")
![](/Images/godic/202412/23/Todaiji_shoro5850.jpg")
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. Modern bell towers often contain carillons.