St. John`s the Baptist Church`s Belfrey

                                               The newly erected the Belfrey of the St.John the Baptist Church Allaipiddy was rather old which was built in 17th century, in the year1610.This was constructed with coral stones, which consisted with five layers, four layers on the top and one layer down but later people of that area expressed their view to put up a new @Belfrey@ based on their belief with only three layers. The new bell which was housed in the “Belfrey” brought down from Rome in 1910.Later it was reconstructed and given a new look with paintings. The newly erected `Belfrey` at the St. John the Baptist church is one of the tallest among the three churches` `Belfrey` in the District of Jaffna