`` There's a tower and a steeple on the church a million feet high.

The slow tapping of a cane on the stone steps coming up to the tower interrupted his reverie.

The tower is decorated with monograms of Jesus ( JHS ), Maria ( M with the ducal crown ) and Joseph ( JHP ), made ​​ of ceramic pieces that stand out golden on the green background that covers the facade.

The city fell on 18 December, and the forces of Alfonso occupied the Azuda, the government tower.

Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

Little remains of the claustral buildings of the Abbey except for the impressive gatehouse, which stretches between the south-west corner of the church and a defensive tower on the High Street, and the still complete Abbot's House, a building of the 13th, 15th and 16th centuries, which is the best-preserved of its type in Scotland.

This came as no surprise, since Abdallah had already demonstrated his affection for his grandson in many ways, namely by allowing him to live in his own tower ( something he did not allow for any of his sons ), and allowing him to sit on the throne on some festive occasions.

The first was a radio receiver, such as the Icom PCR-1000, that could tune into the Reverse Channel, which is the frequency that the phones transmit data to the tower on.

On a 30 metre high tower, this turbine can provide enough power to supplement solar power on cloudy days.

It is the only observation tower which stands on insulators, and has a restaurant and an observation deck above ground, which is reachable by a windowed elevator.

* The Cardinalis tower was constructed in the 14th century as a bell tower for the Dominican convent, which was founded on the bequest of Hugh of Saint-Cher.

A tower house was built on the estate by the Gordons.

Twelve men survived the sinking of the submarine: the crews of her two deck guns and those who had been on the conning tower.

The tower which remains from the original Norman church and stands on the north side of the church ( the upper part is 15th century ) was, until the loss of its spire in 1699, 150 ft high.

The blue tower in the centre, the Basler Messeturm | Messeturm, was Switzerland's tallest building 2003-10 ; the bridge on the extreme right is the Wettsteinbrücke, Basel's second oldest bridge but recently replaced by a new structure.

Its importance was instead conveyed by the height of the tower ( prasat ) rising above it, by its location at the centre of the temple, and by the greater decoration on its walls.

Clockwise from top left: The central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun ( street ) | Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik ; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia | Croatian tricolour ; soldiers of the Croatian Army getting ready to destroy a Republic of Serbian Krajina | Serbian tank ; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery ; a Serbian T-55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš

Since the Byzantine army was still holding on after this defeat the sultan thought it was time to set up his secret weapon, a huge mobile tower.

* Conning tower, a raised platform on a ship or submarine

Another common feature is the spire, a tall tower on the " west " end of the church or over the crossing.

One visible sign of this community is Eden Center, a Vietnamese-American shopping plaza constructed in 1984 in the southeast corner of Falls Church City, at Seven Corners, and marked by a traditional gateway, guardian lions, and a clock tower modeled on one in Saigon.

A repaired spiral staircase leads up to the top of the southeast corner tower, affording views of the surrounding town and countryside, including the original castle motte to the southwest.

The tower has a curious turret at its southeast corner that is locally referred to as a Saxon watch tower but is built at least partly from Caen stone ; it may be that it may be dated from the time of the conquest but in an antique style sometimes called Saxo-Norman.

Situated about southeast of the city, it consisted of a two-story stone tower of limestone on which the Russians had placed five heavy 18-pounder cannons at the beginning of the siege.

It is neo-Norman with three apses and a tower at the southeast corner.

The southeast tower blends Mission Revival Style architecture | Mission-style elements with 20th-century windows and construction techniques

Petronius is a deepwater compliant tower oil platform operated by Chevron Corporation and Marathon Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km southeast of New Orleans, United States.

For high mountain routes, rockfall and snowfall would significantly change the mountain landscape over the years such that it is only possible to give a general idea of a route ( i. e. " Climb the southeast ridge to the black tower, pass below it on the right side, and go up a snow-filled gully to the summit ridge ").

Many of Oregon's historical buildings still stand in the downtown district, including the Netherwood Block on the south, the Badger Cycle Company building and original water tower on the southeast on Janesville Street, and numerous business lining the west side of North and South Main Street.

File: Ashby de la Zouch castle small brick tower. JPG | The ruins of the second remaining perimeter brick tower, located at the southeast corner of the site.

Another large media tower, complete with a video screen, is a major feature of the Rogers Media building on the southeast corner of Dundas Square ; the video screen usually shows the current CITY-TV broadcast.

" Because Macher's company ran out of explosives, they placed tank mines only in the unimportant southeast tower, the guard-building and the SS-cadre-building which was completely destroyed.

The southeast corner of the building, immediately adjacent to the shore, is marked by a monumental tower crowned by the Three Crowns, an old national symbol for Sweden.

* Two Bannalai southeast and northeast of the principal tower.

The originally open area between the tower and the inner wall is covered by a gabled roof and thus used as a stately home stretching across the north, east and southeast around the tower.

The largest of these is an exclusion zone around the high ABC radio tower in the suburb's southeast, which broadcasts AM stations to the Perth metropolitan area.

The restricted-access bushland reserve surrounding the ABC radio tower in the suburb's southeast covers 14. 4 % () of its area, while parks and areas of natural bushland are spread throughout.

The Berlin-Müggelberge TV tower is the 31 metre tall base of a tower, never completed, in the Müggel hills of southeast Berlin, Germany.

The obelisk as seen from the Manitoba ( southeast ) side, with a survey tower in the territories.

Looking southeast down Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the tower at the Old Post Office Pavilion.

The exception is a small round tower at the southeast corner ; built in 1626, it replaced a protruding bay that served as an outhouse.