The bell tower, built in the first half of the 19th century, is an original four-tiered structure that combines elements of Baroque and Classicism with somewhat rough forms. The tiers, made of large bricks and whitewashed, have a quadrangular shape and arched openings, gradually decreasing in height, with the upper tier being significantly smaller in plan. The bell tower is topped with a gently sloping roof with semi-domes and an elegant shaped spire on a slender neck. The lower tier is adorned with paired flat pilasters on high rusticated pedestals, a simplified triglyph frieze, and two false arches above the archivolt of the closed western opening. The second tier is distinguished from the first by the expressive plasticity of the columns located at the corners, with powerful cantilevers of the entablature. The third tier is notably flat, with arches in shallow panels and a simple cornice with gentle pediments. In the upper tier, where shortened half-columns are placed on high pedestals beside the arches and round niches under the curved cornices of the semi-domes, Baroque clearly predominates. The three upper tiers had flat wooden ceilings, while the lower one was covered with a cylindrical vault with formwork above the side openings.
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