List of clock towers

This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition:

A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.

The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.

Africa

Egypt

NameCity/Town State/ProvinceBuiltImage
Cairo University Clock Cairo Cairo Governorate

Libya

Nigeria

NameCity/Town State/ProvinceBuiltImage
University of Ibadan clock tower Ibadan Oyo

South Africa

NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

Tunisia

NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower January 14th, 2011 Square, Tunis

Americas

Argentina

Aruba

Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad, Aruba.

Barbados

Brazil

Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo.

Alagoas

Amapá

Amazonas

Ceará

Atual Coluna da Hora at Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza.

Distrito Federal

Espírito Santo

Goiás

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso do Sul

Minas Gerais

Estação Central at Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte.

Pará

Paraná

Pernambuco

Rio Grande do Sul

Campanário de Pedra, Flores da Cunha.

Rio de Janeiro

Santa Catarina

São Paulo

Chile

In 2013, a research made by newspaper La Tercera revealed that only 5 out of 25 clock towers are functioning in Santiago, mostly because of financial issues and lack of interest by the owners.[3]

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Ontario

Quebec

Mexico

Peru

United States

Asia

Bangladesh

NameLocationBuiltImage
Ali Amjad's Clock Sylhet ca. 1895

China

NameLocationBuiltImage
Haikou Clock Tower Haikou, Hainan 1929
Hong Kong Clock Tower Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong 1915
Star Ferry Pier, Central Central, Hong Kong 1950s

Bhutan

NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower Square Hogdzin Lam, Thimphu N/A


India

Indonesia

NameLocationBuiltImage
Jam Gadang Bukittinggi 1926

Iran

NameLocationBuiltImage
Vank Cathedral Clock Tower Isfahan
Ali al-Ridha Clock Tower Mashhad
Sari Hotel Clock Tower Sari
Sa'at Tower (Tabriz City Hall) Tabriz 1934
Shams ol-Emare Tehran

Israel

  • Haifa, Ottoman clock tower (c. 1898-1900)
  • Safed, Ottoman clock tower at the "Saraya" (government house), inaugurated in 1900
NameLocationBuiltImageNotes
Khan al-Umdan Acre 1906
Bell tower at St. Anthony's Church, Jaffa Jaffa 1932
Bell tower at St. Peter's Church, Jaffa Jaffa 1894
Jaffa Clock Tower Jaffa 1903
Clock tower at the Monastery of Saint Saviour Jerusalem 1885
Petah Tikva clock tower Founders' Square, Petah Tikva 2007 Rebuilt in the image of an older clock tower that once stood in the same location

Japan

NameLocationBuiltImage
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building Shibuya, Tokyo 2002
Sapporo Clock Tower Sapporo 1881

Kuwait

NameLocationBuiltImage
Seif Palace clock tower Kuwait City 1904

Lebanon

NameLocationBuiltImage
Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura clock tower Aintoura
American University of Beirut's College Hall Clock Beirut
Abd Clock Tower Nejme Square, Beirut
Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower Beirut 1897
al-Tell Clock Tower Tripoli
Our Lady of Salvation Clock Tower Zahlé

Malaysia

NameLocationBuiltImage
Parit Buntar Clock Tower Daerah Kerian, Perak
Jubilee Clock Tower George Town, Penang 1902
Malayan Railway Building George Town, Penang
Birch Memorial Clock Tower Ipoh, Perak 1909
Clock tower Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Atkinson Clock Tower Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1905
Malay College Kuala Kangsar Clock Tower Kuala Kangsar, Perak 1955
Sultan Abdul Samad Building Kuala Lumpur 1897
Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower, Stadhuys Square Malacca
Teluk Intan Leaning Tower Teluk Intan, Perak 1885

Myanmar

NameLocationBuiltImage
High Court Building Kyauktada Township, Yangon 1911

Nepal

NameLocationBuiltImageNotes
Ghanta Ghar Birgunj
Ghanta Ghar Kathmandu The tower was destroyed in an earthquake in 1990, and subsequently rebuilt, but does not look exactly like the previous version
Dharan clock tower Dharan

Pakistan

NameLocationBuiltImage
Cunningham Clock Tower Peshawar 1900
Merewether Memorial Tower Karachi 1892
Clock tower Faisalabad 1905
Clock tower Sialkot
Clock tower Multan 1884
Nishtar Clock Tower Multan
Navalrai Market Clocktower Hyderabad
Clock tower Sukkur

Palestine

NameLocationBuiltImage
Manara Clock Tower Nablus 1906

Philippines

NameLocationBuiltImage
Manila City Hall Clock Tower Manila 1930s
Quiapo Church Quiapo, Manila 1988
University of Santo Tomas Main Building Sampaloc, Manila 1927

Singapore

NameLocationBuiltImage
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building 1925
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall early 1900s

Sri Lanka

NameLocationBuiltImage
Batticaloa Clock Tower Batticaloa 1992
Galle Clock Tower Galle 1883
Jaffna Clock Tower Jaffna 1882
Kandy Clock Tower Kandy 1950
Khan Clock Tower Colombo 1923
Koch Memorial Clock Tower Colombo 1881
Kurunegala Clock Tower Kurunegala 1922
Old Colombo Lighthouse Colombo 1829
Piliyandala Clock Tower Piliyandala 1952

Saudi Arabia

NameLocationBuiltImage
Royal Mecca Clock Tower Mecca 2011

South Korea

NameLocationBuiltImage
Myeongdong Cathedral Myeongdong, Jung District, Seoul 1898

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

NameLocationBuiltImage
Deira Clock Tower Deira, Dubai 1963

Europe

Albania

Austria

Denmark

Greece

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland

Isle of Man

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Montenegro

The Netherlands

Romania

Russia

Serbia

The Clock Gate or Sahat Kula (Сахат кула) (clock tower) at the fortress wall of the Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia.

Slovakia

Switzerland

Turkey: see under Asia

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Hopwood Clock Tower, Palmerston North

See also

References

  1. Libya on edge as oil tensions rise, AlJazeera.com, 18 March 2014. Accessed 3 January 2021.
  2. Tripoli Clock Tower, LibyaObserver.ly, 27 August 2018. Accessed 3 January 2021.
  3. "La decadencia que afecta a relojes de Santiago" [The decadence that affects clock towers in Santiago] (video). YouTube (in Spanish). Santiago: La Tercera. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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