Campanile di Mortegliano, Bell tower in Mortegliano, Italy.

The Campanile di Mortegliano stands beside the cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Mortegliano, province of Udine. It rises 113.20 metres, making it Italy's tallest bell tower, ahead of Cremona's Torrazzo at 112.54 metres. It repeats the cathedral's octagonal plan, with a visible frame of reinforced concrete beams and pillars and infill of light brick masonry.

The old bell tower, already standing beside the church demolished in 1490, was spared in 1864 but demolished at the end of 1913. After the war the idea returned, and in 1954 the priest Valentino Buiatti commissioned architect Pietro Zanini. His first 1954 project, too close to the cathedral's neo-Gothic style, was rejected; the second, approved in May 1955, was built in exposed reinforced concrete.

The tower was conceived in the postwar years as a monument to the fallen, a bell tower and a reservoir for the aqueduct, a triple purpose set out in the 1923-25 projects. Stone from the quarries of Torreano was bought for it under archpriest Olivo Comelli before work stalled.

The tower stands beside the duomo of Santi Pietro e Paolo in the centre of Mortegliano, in the province of Udine. Its 113.20 metres make it the tallest bell tower in Italy, ahead of the Torrazzo of Cremona at 112.54 metres. The structure is exposed reinforced concrete with light brick infill, so the frame is visible from the square below.

At 113.20 metres, the tower overtakes Cremona's Torrazzo (112.54 m) to rank as Italy's tallest bell tower. Zanini achieved this height with exposed reinforced-concrete beams and pillars, filling the gaps with light brick masonry rather than widening the base.