List of clock towers explained

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

Libya

• Tripoli, Ottoman clock tower (1866–70)^{[1] [2]}

Tanzania

• Clock tower in Arusha

Tunisia

Americas

Argentina

• Torre Ader, Buenos Aires
• Torre Monumental, Buenos Aires

Aruba

• Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad

Barbados

• Parliament of Barbados, Bridgetown

Brazil

Alagoas

• Torre do Relógio, Piranhas

Amapá

• Marco Zero, Macapá

Amazonas

• Praça Luiza Valério, Itacoatiara
• Relógio Municipal, Manaus

Ceará

• Praça do Relógio, Tianguá
• Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza
• Praça Coluna da Hora, Sobral

Distrito Federal

• Praça do Relógio, Taguatinga, Federal District

Espírito Santo

• Relógio da Praça Oito, Vitória

Goiás

• Relógio da Avenida Goiás, Goiânia
• Praça Guarda Mor Francisco José Pinheiro, Piracanjuba
• Antiga Estação Ferroviária, Goiânia

Mato Grosso

• Catedral Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Cuiabá

Mato Grosso do Sul

• Relógio Central, Campo Grande
• Relógio Central, Três Lagoas

Minas Gerais

• Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte
• Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto
• Basílica Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Belo Horizonte
• Catedral Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Belo Horizonte
• Belo Horizonte City Hall, Belo Horizonte
• Centro de Cultura Belo Horizonte (CRModa), Belo Horizonte
• Praça Doutor João Penido, Juiz de Fora
• Praça Doutor Jorge Frange, Uberaba
• Torre do Relógio da Paróquia Nossa Senhora Saúde, Lambari
• Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Pedro Leopoldo
  • Igreja São José, Belo Horizonte Museu de Artes e Ofícios, Belo Horizonte

Pará

• Siqueira Campos Square, Belém

Paraíba

• Torre da Igreja do Convento São Francisco de Assis Campina Grande
• Torre da Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário Campina Grande
• Torre da Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição Campina Grande
• Torre da Igreja Evangélica Congregacional Campina Grande
• Torre da Igreja do Convento Ipuarana Lagoa Seca
• Torre da Igreja do Nossa Senhora de Santana Alagoa Nova
• Torre da Basílica Catedral Nossa Senhora das Neves João Pessoa
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Santa Rita de Cássia Santa Rita
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Areia
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho Esperança
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Ingá
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora das Dores Mogeiro
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Itabaiana
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Sapé
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Sagrado Coração de Jesus Mari
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Livramento Bananeiras
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora das Dores Monteiro
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Serra Branca
• Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião São Sebastião do Umbuzeiro
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição Sumé
• Torre da Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião Picuí
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Carmo Borborema
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Sagrado Coração de Jesus Serraria
• Torre da Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz Guarabira
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosário Pirpirituba
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Sagrado Coração de Jesus Pilões
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Santa Maria Madalena Teixeira
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho Princesa Isabel
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Conceição São Mamede
• Torre da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Piedade Cajazeiras
• Coluna da Hora Praça Getúlio Vargas Pombal
• Torre do Relógio Praça Cel. José Ferreira de Barros São João do Rio do Peixe

Paraná

• Paço da Liberdade, Curitiba
• Torre Nossa Senhora da Glória, Francisco Beltrão
• Praça General Osório, Curitiba
• Curitiba Cathedral, Curitiba

Pernambuco

• Faculdade de Direito do Recife, Recife

Rio Grande do Norte

• 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

• Cathedral of Stone, Canela
• Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
• Igreja Matriz São Pedro, Gramado
• Paço dos Açorianos, Porto Alegre
• Lutheran Parish of Gramado (Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil), Gramado
  • Igreja Evangélica Três Reis Magos, Novo Hamburgo Igreja de São Pelegrino, Caxias do Sul
• Campanário de Pedra, Flores da Cunha

Rio de Janeiro

• Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
• Ilha Fiscal Castle, Rio de Janeiro
• Farol da Mesbla at Paquetá Island, Guanabara Bay
• Pier Mauá Tower, Rio de Janeiro
• Passeio 56 (former Mesbla, Rio de Janeiro

Santa Catarina

• Cathedral of St. Paul the Apostle, Blumenau
  • Neumarkt Trade And Financial Center, Blumenau Il Campanario Villaggio Resort at Jurerê Internacional, Florianópolis
• Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Caçador

São Paulo

• Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo
• Luz Station, São Paulo
• Clock Tower of The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida Clock Tower, Aparecida
• Farol do Jaguaré, São Paulo
• Praça do Relógio at University of São Paulo, São Paulo
• Law School at University of São Paulo, São Paulo
• O Relógio da Sé at Praça da Sé, São Paulo
• CEAGESP, São Paulo
• Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian, Ribeirão Preto
• Clock Tower at Swiss Park, Campinas
• Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Franca
• Paranapiacaba, Santo André
• Relógio Félix Guisard - CTI, Taubaté
• Santuário de Santa Terezinha, Taubaté
• Palácio das Indústrias, São Paulo
• Post Office Palace, São Paulo
• Paróquia Santo Antonio, 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]

• Cámara de Comercio de Santiago, Santiago
• Intendencia de Santiago, Santiago
• Law School at University of Chile, Santiago
• Chilean National History Museum, Santiago
• San Francisco Church, Santiago

Canada

Alberta

• Edmonton City Hall, Edmonton, Alberta
• Memorial Clock Tower (Cenotaph), Wainwright, Alberta

British Columbia

• Vancouver City Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Ontario

• Brampton City Hall, Brampton, Ontario
• Cambridge City Hall, (formerly Galt City Hall) Cambridge, Ontario
• Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto
• Central Post Office (Ottawa)
• Dominion Building, Brampton
• Hamilton City Hall
• Hart House (University of Toronto), Soldiers' Tower (University of Toronto), Toronto
• Kerr Hall, Ryerson University, Toronto
• Mississauga Civic Centre in Mississauga
• Old City Hall (Toronto), Toronto
• Peace Tower, Parliament Hill Ottawa
• Planet Snoopy (formerly Hanna-Barbera Land), Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan
• Queen Street Viaduct, Toronto
• Queen's Quay Terminal, Toronto
• Ridley College, St. Catharines
• Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario
• St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto
• St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario)
• Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station, Toronto
• Toronto Fire Services Station 227, Toronto
• Upper Canada College, Toronto
• Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, Peterborough, Ontario
• Fire Hall and Police Station, Exhibition Place, Toronto
• Toronto Fire Service Station 315, former Toronto Fire Department Hose Station # 8, Toronto - 1972 replica of 1878 tower
• Press Building, Exhibition Place, Toronto
• former Toronto Fire Department Fire Hall Number 3, Toronto - tower now on top of new commercial building at 484 Yonge Street
• Toronto Fire Station 312, former Toronto FD Hall #10
• former North York Fire Hall # 1 hose drying tower - now located at Princess Park behind Empress Walk
• Etobicoke Civic Centre clock tower, Toronto
• East York Civic Centre, Toronto

Quebec

• Gare du Palais, Quebec City, Quebec
• Montreal Clock Tower, Quebec
• Place d'Armes Clock Tower, Montreal, Quebec

Mexico

• Reloj Monumental, Pachuca, Hidalgo

Peru

• Tower of the University of Saint Mark, Lima

United States

Asia

Azerbaijan

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

China

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

India

See main article: List of clock towers in India.

Iran

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

• 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

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

Lebanon

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

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

Nepal

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

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

Philippines

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

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

Sri Lanka

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

Turkey

• Büyük Saat, Adana
• Dolmabahçe Clock Tower, Istanbul
• Etfal Hospital Clock Tower, Istanbul
• İzmir Clock Tower, İzmir
• İzmit Clock Tower, İzmit
• Nusretiye Clock Tower, Istanbul
• Yıldız Clock Tower, Istanbul

United Arab Emirates

Europe

Austria

• Graz Clock Tower, Graz

Denmark

• Dipylon Clock Tower in the Carlsberg District, Copenhagen
• City Hall Tower Clock on City Hall Square, Copenhagen

Finland

• Central railway station, Helsinki, Finland

France

• Metz railway station, Metz, France
• Colmar station, Colmar, France

Germany

• Kroch High-rise (1928) in Leipzig, Germany
• Uhrenturm Singer Sewing Machine Company, Wittenberge (1928)
• Replica of the traffic tower of 1924 on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
• Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum, a museum of tower clocks located in the Silvesterkirche clock tower, Mindelheim

Greece

• Clock Tower of Arta, Greece
• Clock Tower of Giannitsa, Greece
• Clock tower of Komotini, Greece
• Clock Tower of Saint Nicolas church, Kozani, Greece
• Clock tower of Xanthi, Greece

Ireland

• Church of St Anne (Shandon)#ClockIsle of ManChurch of St Anne Clock Tower in Shandon, Cork City

Isle of Man

• Victoria Clock Tower, Foxdale, Isle of Man
• Jubilee Clock, Douglas, Isle of Man

Latvia

• Laima Clock
• Riga Central Station

Lithuania

• Bell tower of Vilnius Cathedral on Cathedral Square, Vilnius

Malta

• Birgu Clock Tower, Birgu (destroyed)

Montenegro

• Sahat kula, Podgorica
• Sahat kula, Ulcinj
• Sahat kula, Pljevlja

Netherlands

• Martinitoren, Groningen
• Munttoren, Amsterdam

Romania

• Sibiu Evangelical Cathedral, Sibiu, Romania
• Sighişoara Clock Tower, Sighişoara

Russia

• Spasskaya Tower, Moscow

Serbia

• Clock Gate, Kalemegdan, Belgrade

Slovakia

• Michael's Gate, Bratislava

Switzerland

• Einsiedeln Abbey
• Grimmenturm, Zürich
• Berntor, Murten
• Zytglogge, Bern

Ukraine

• Simferopol railway station, Simferopol

United Kingdom

• Bank Hall Clock Tower, Bretherton, Lancashire, England
• Central Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
• City Hall, Cardiff, Wales
• City Hall, Norwich, England
• Civic Centre, Southampton, England
• Clock Tower, Brighton, England
• Clock Tower, Malvern, England
• Clock Tower, Knighton, Wales
• Clock Tower, Clevedon, England
• Clock Tower, Epsom, Surrey, England
• Clock Tower, Herne Bay, Kent, England – probably oldest in the UK
• Clock tower, Redcar, North Yorkshire, England
• Clock tower, Surbiton, London, England
• Nottingham Council House, England
• Colchester Clock Tower, Colchester, England
• Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London, England (Big Ben is the name of the bell inside)
• Gravesend Clock Tower, Kent, England
• Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower, Leicester, England
• Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, University of Birmingham, England (The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world)
• Jubilee Clock Tower, Weymouth, Dorset, England
• Jubilee Clock Tower, Churchill, North Somerset, England
• King's Cross station, London, England
• Little Ben, London, England
• Liver Building, Liverpool, England
• Memorial Clock, Willenhall, England
• North British Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, England
• St Pancras railway station, London, England
• Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow, Scotland
• Trent Building, University of Nottingham, England
• Victoria Building, University of Liverpool, England
• Victoria Tower, Liverpool, England

Oceania

Australia

• Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, South Australia
• Adelaide General Post Office, Adelaide, South Australia
• Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Queensland
• Central Railway Station, Sydney, New South Wales
• Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia
• General Post Office, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Hobart General Post Office, Hobart, Tasmania Launceston Post Office, Launceston, Tasmania
• Kalgoorlie Post Office, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
• Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria
• Perth Town Hall, Perth, Western Australia
• Sale Clocktower, Sale, Victoria
• Sydney Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales
• Winthrop Hall, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
• The Nannup Clock Tower, Nannup, Western Australia

New Zealand

Hopwood Clock Tower, Palmerston North

See also

• List of tallest clock towers

External links

• Towerclocks.org - Tower clocks database

Notes and References

1. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/3/18/libya-on-edge-as-oil-tensions-rise Libya on edge as oil tensions rise
2. https://www.libyaobserver.ly/videos/tripoli-clock-tower Tripoli Clock Tower
3. Web site: La decadencia que afecta a relojes de Santiago. The decadence that affects clock towers in Santiago. YouTube. La Tercera. 8 December 2017. Santiago. Spanish. video. 25 April 2013.