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The current bell tower was rebuilt in its original location after the 1908 earthquake and was designed based on the old one. More than 65 metres high, in the shape of a tower with a cusp roof, lightened on all sides by pairs of mullioned windows with pointed arches, it contains a magnificent animated
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