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List of clock towers

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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

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Egypt

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Name City/Town State/Province Built Image
Cairo University Clock Cairo Cairo Governorate

Kenya

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Name City/Town State/Province Built Image
Parliament Buildings Nairobi Nairobi County 1954

Libya

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Nigeria

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Name City/Town State/Province Built Image
University of Ibadan clock tower Ibadan Oyo

South Africa

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Name Location Built Image
Clock Tower Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

Tanzania

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Tunisia

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Name Location Built Image
Clock Tower January 14, 2011 Square, Tunis

Americas

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Argentina

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Aruba

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Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad, Aruba.

Barbados

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Brazil

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Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo.

Alagoas

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Amapá

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Amazonas

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Relógio Municipal, Manaus.

Ceará

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Atual Coluna da Hora at Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza.

Distrito Federal

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Espírito Santo

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Goiás

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Mato Grosso

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Mato Grosso do Sul

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Minas Gerais

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Estação Central at Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte.

Pará

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Paraíba

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Paraná

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Pernambuco

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Rio Grande do Norte

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  • Torre da Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação Natal
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Parelhas
  • Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora de Sant'Ana Currais Novos
  • Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora da Guia Acari
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Jardim do Seridó
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz São José Carnaúba dos Dantas
  • Torre da Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário Caicó
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Jucurutu
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Florânia
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Santa Rita de Cássia Santa Cruz
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Mossoró
  • Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Ó Serra Negra do Norte

Rio Grande do Sul

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Campanário de Pedra, Flores da Cunha.

Rio de Janeiro

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Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.

Santa Catarina

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São Paulo

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The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida Clock Tower, Aparecida.

Chile

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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

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Montreal Clock Tower, Quebec.

Alberta

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British Columbia

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Ontario

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Quebec

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Mexico

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Peru

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United States

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See also: Category:Clock towers in the United States

Asia

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Azerbaijan

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Name Location Built Image
Old City (Baku) clock tower Baku
Baku ElectricalRailwaySstation Clock Tower Baku 1846
Baku City Executive Power Clock Tower Baku 1904
Clock Tower Baku
Baku Boulevard Clock Tower Baku
Clock Tower İsmailli Ismayilli 2016
Clock Tower Square Nakhchivan 2019

Bangladesh

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Name Location Built Image
Ali Amjad's Clock Sylhet ca. 1895

China

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Name Location Built Image
Shanghai Clock Tower Weitan, Shanghai Municipality 1927
Haikou Clock Tower Haikou, Hainan 1929
Hong Kong Clock Tower Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong 1915
Star Ferry Pier, Central Central, Hong Kong 2006

Bhutan

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Name Location Built Image
Clock Tower Square Hogdzin Lam, Thimphu N/A

India

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Main article: List of clock towers in India

Indonesia

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Name Location Built Image
Jam Gadang Bukittinggi 1926

Iran

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Name Location Built Image
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

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  • Haifa, Ottoman clock tower (c. 1898-1900)
  • Safed, Ottoman clock tower at the "Saraya" (government house), inaugurated in 1900
Name Location Built Image Notes
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

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Name Location Built Image
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building Shibuya, Tokyo 2002
Sapporo Clock Tower Sapporo 1881

Kuwait

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Name Location Built Image
Seif Palace clock tower Kuwait City 1904

Lebanon

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Name Location Built Image
Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura clock tower Aintoura
American University of Beirut's College Hall Clock Beirut
Abd Clock Tower Nejme Square, Beirut 1930
Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower Beirut 1897
al-Tell Clock Tower Tripoli 1906
Our Lady of Salvation Clock Tower Zahlé

Malaysia

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Name Location Built Image
Merdeka Memorial Clock Tower Parit, Perak 1963
Coronation Memorial Clock Tower Kuala Kangsar, Perak 1939
Sungai Petani Clock Tower Sungai Petani, Kedah 1936
Merdeka Memorial Clock Tower Kulim, Kedah 1957
Parit Buntar Clock Tower Daerah Kerian, Perak 1961
Jubilee Clock Tower George Town, Penang 1902
Malayan Railway Building George Town, Penang 1909
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 1886
Teluk Intan Leaning Tower Teluk Intan, Perak 1885

Myanmar

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Name Location Built Image
High Court Building Kyauktada Township, Yangon 1911

Nepal

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Name Location Built Image Notes
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

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Name Location Built Image
Cunningham Clock Tower Peshawar 1900
Merewether Memorial Tower Karachi 1892
Silver Jubilee Clock Karachi 1935
Empress Market Karachi 1889
Clock tower Faisalabad 1905
Clock tower Sialkot 1922
Estcourt Clock Tower Gujranwala 1906
GCU Tower Lahore 1864
Clock tower Multan 1884
Navalrai Market Clocktower Hyderabad 1914
6th Road Clock Tower Rawalpindi 2015

|Lee market clock tower |Karachi,Sindh |1927 |- |Poonabhai Mamaiya clock Tower |[[Karachi,Sindh]

Palestine

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Name Location Built Image
Manara Clock Tower Nablus 1906

Philippines

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Name Location Built Image
Manila City Hall Clock Tower Manila 1930s
Quiapo Church Quiapo, Manila 1988
University of Santo Tomas Main Building Sampaloc, Manila 1927

Singapore

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Name Location Built Image
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building 1925
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall early 1900s

Sri Lanka

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Name Location Built Image
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

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Name Location Built Image
The Clock Towers Mecca 2011

South Korea

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Name Location Built Image
Myeongdong Cathedral Myeongdong, Jung District, Seoul 1898

Turkey

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Main article: List of clock towers in Turkey

United Arab Emirates

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Name Location Built Image
Deira Clock Tower Deira, Dubai 1963

Europe

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Albania

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Main article: List of clock towers in Albania

Austria

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Uhrenturm Wittenberge

Greece

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Ireland

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Isle of Man

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Latvia

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Lithuania

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Malta

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Montenegro

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Sahat kula, Podgorica
Sahat kula, Ulcinj
Sahat kula, Ulcinj
Clock Towers (Montenegrin: Sahat kula) in Montenegro: Podgorica, Ulcinj, and Pljevlja.

Netherlands

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Romania

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Russia

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Serbia

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

Slovakia

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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Oceania

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Australia

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New Zealand

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Hopwood Clock Tower, Palmerston North

See also

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References

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  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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