They also had a practical purpose; they often served as bell towers supporting belfries, whose bells told the time by announcing religious services, warned of fire or enemy attack, and celebrated special occasions like military victories and coronations.
Ilan ti har ajjudi ittus iyyan; taqqalan bell tower tan imhal nen Belfrie tan s tizoli ten nasan s almad nat s alwaq ijjan i timašɣule tin addin, raqqam nat fal efew meɣ tadlimt n anasjafa d alwaqqan win dallolan šund in tarna ten tin militer tan d taɣaymaten fal taxyamen.