Smolny monastery from bell tower of Smolny Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2009
Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Neva River and Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge from bell tower of Smolny Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2009
Zayachiy Ostrov, Malaya Neva River and Vasilievsky Ostrov from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
Shpalernaya Street from bell tower of Smolny Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 27, 2007
Trinity Cathedral and Bell Tower in Pskov Kremlin. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
Zayachiy Island from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Towers at a corner of Smith and Bell streets at morning in fog. Houston, Texas, January 27, 2008
Church bells and a cathedral of Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Fountain of Purdue Mall and Bell Tower at Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 20 June, 1999.
Group of tourists from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
Roofs of Petrogradskaya Storona from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Benches on a square from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
1400 Smith Street Tower from Bell Street in fog. Houston, Texas, January 27, 2008
Coin Yard from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
Purdue University Mall and Bell Tower. West Lafayette, Indiana, February 27, 1998.
Bell tower of Saint Mary s Assumption Church on Josephine Street in Lower Garden District. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 23, 2006
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church without its bell tower at 620 Eliza Street, a corner of Oliver Street in Algiers Point. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 22, 2006
This steel monument in the inner courtyard of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra marks Mass Grave No. 7 on the historic Communist Section, commemorating three Soviet electrical workers - Sergey Yakovlevich Vasilyev, Sergey Ivanovich Vshivtsev, and Alexander Mikhailovich Babanov. The three men died together on July 24, 1935, in a severe industrial electrical accident at Leningrad[CloseCurlyQuote]s 5th State District Power Plant (:0413:042d:0421-5, later known as Krasny Oktyabr). Celebrated as fallen martyrs of the nation s rapid electrification drive, they were granted an elite collective burial on the monastery grounds alongside revolutionaries, military commanders, and prominent party cadres. The grave is crowned by a detailed miniature replica of an electrical transmission pylon (:043e:043f:043e:0440:0430 :041b:042d:041f), complete with riveted steel lattice bracing, crossarms, and hanging ceramic insulator bells. The monument reflects early Soviet constructivist mourning aesthetics, which systematically purged Orthodox crosses in favor of industrial tools, machine gears, and technological artifacts that symbolized a worker[CloseCurlyQuote]s vocation and contribution to socialist development. The presence of a high-voltage transmission tower directly before Holy Trinity Cathedral stands as one of the most eccentric visual contradictions of early Soviet material culture . Reflecting Vladimir Lenin s defining decree that communism equated to Soviet power plus national electrification, the utilitarian pylon transformed sacred monastic space into a monument honoring Soviet modernization and the sacrifices of its industrial labor force. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 25, 2016
Old bell tower of Uusikirkko Church in Poliany near Zelenogorsk (Terijoki) north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 1, 2017
Jones House, also widely known as the Parish House Bed & Breakfast, at 609 East Gregg Street, corner of Pin Oak Street. Built: 1897.:200b Style: It is a prime example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture, featuring: Asymmetry: A complex roofline with multiple gables. Turret: A prominent corner tower (turret) with a steep, bell-shaped roof. Porch: A wrap-around veranda with intricate spindlework and turned posts. Colors: Historically painted in "painted lady" schemes, often featuring green, white, and red accents. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025
