Sep 03 2008

church bells

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view from a church bell towerThe Islands of the Cyclades are strewn with white churches,  often with blue roofs and all with bell-towers.  The bells would ring between 6pm and 7.20pm a single tone,  often flat, with a basic tune conveyed by a regularly varied pace between the rings.

Graveyards were normally accompanied by a small church,  mainly churches stood alone on island high ground,  often perched on Island mountain tops.