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1514:Petersglocke
1507:Olympic Bell
1487:Liberty Bell
1482:Justice Bell
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1457:Freedom Bell
1397:Call changes
1306:Servant bell
1214:Bicycle bell
1104:Bell pattern
1094:Bellfounding
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795:Terem Palace
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1671:John Murphy
1626:Miles Graye
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1532:Temple Bell
1497:Mingun Bell
1301:Ship's bell
1282:Jingle bell
1248:Crotal bell
1238:Church bell
1154:Strike tone
1134:Campanology
1119:Bell shrine
1114:Bell-ringer
1077:terminology
965:Tsar Cannon
887:and gardens
752:Oruzheynaya
687:Petrovskaya
672:Tainitskaya
358:Ivan Kalita
348:From 1329,
185: /
1820:Categories
1733:Hugh Watts
1526:Swan Bells
1185:Altar bell
1099:Bell-gable
894:Red Square
800:The Armory
737:Troitskaya
722:Nikolskaya
717:Senatskaya
636:Red Square
408:References
366:Vasily III
322:Assumption
80:newspapers
1716:Schilling
1656:Marinelli
1621:Grassmayr
1574:Bergholtz
1539:Tsar Bell
1467:Great Tom
1378:Blagovest
1296:Mini-ring
1253:Dead bell
1228:Call bell
1207:Bianzhong
1200:Bell tree
1164:Zvonnitsa
980:Red Porch
970:Tsar Bell
933:Monuments
763:buildings
712:Spasskaya
707:Tsarskaya
702:Nabatnaya
583:1508—1952
554:1508—1547
527:1547—1721
500:1721—1733
326:Archangel
299:romanized
257:Completed
173:37°37′5″E
170:55°45′3″N
1549:Kentucky
1534:(Boston)
1349:Carillon
1345:Chiming
1277:Handbell
1258:Doorbell
1233:Cat bell
1195:Babendil
1190:Aluphone
1089:Bell-cot
824:Churches
485:Records
377:Napoleon
362:Ivan III
334:belfries
328:and the
198:Location
1757:Related
1701:Rudhall
1686:Paccard
1666:Meneely
1661:McShane
1651:Juutila
1452:Big Ben
1361:Canpanò
1243:Cowbell
1129:Bourdon
885:Squares
742:Kutafya
632:Kremlin
344:History
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230:Website
208:Country
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1738:Warner
1728:Taylor
1596:Cockey
1272:Ghanta
1265:Dōtaku
1221:Bonshō
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1354:Chime
1180:Agogô
1173:Types
1138:index
1068:Bells
400:Bells
246:Style
101:JSTOR
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1289:Kane
1144:Peal
1084:Bell
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