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

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

Libya

• Tripoli, Ottoman clock tower (1866-70)[1][2]

Nigeria

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

South Africa

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

Tunisia

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

Americas

Argentina

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

Aruba

Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad, Aruba.

• Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad

Barbados

• Parliament of Barbados, Bridgetown

Brazil

Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo.

Alagoas

• Torre do Relógio, Piranhas

Amapá

• Marco Zero, Macapá

Amazonas

Relógio Municipal, Manaus.

• Praça Luiza Valério, Itacoatiara
• Relógio Municipal, Manaus

Ceará

Atual Coluna da Hora at Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza.

• 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

Estação Central at Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte.

• 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

• Praça Siqueira Campos, Belém

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 Sul

Campanário de Pedra, Flores da Cunha.

• 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.

• 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
• Il Campanario Villaggio Resort at Jurerê Internacional, Florianópolis
• Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Caçador

São Paulo

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

• 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
• Palácio dos Correios, 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

Montreal Clock Tower, Quebec.

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 City Hall 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

• 
  Clock tower of Chicago's Wrigley Building from Trump International Hotel and Tower.
• 
  The Ferry Terminal Clock Tower, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Asia

Bangladesh

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

China

Name	Location	Built	Image
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

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

India

Indonesia

Name	Location	Built	Image
Jam Gadang	Bukittinggi	1926

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

Kuwait

Name	Location	Built	Image
Seif Palace clock tower	Kuwait City	1904

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
Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower	Beirut	1897
al-Tell Clock Tower	Tripoli
Our Lady of Salvation Clock Tower	Zahlé

Malaysia

Name	Location	Built	Image
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

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

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
Clock tower	Faisalabad	1905
Clock tower	Sialkot
Clock tower	Multan	1884
Nishtar Clock Tower	Multan
Navalrai Market Clocktower	Hyderabad
Clock tower	Sukkur

Palestine

Name	Location	Built	Image
Manara Clock Tower	Nablus	1906

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

Saudi Arabia

Name	Location	Built	Image
Royal Mecca Clock Tower	Mecca	2011

South Korea

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

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

Name	Location	Built	Image
Deira Clock Tower	Deira, Dubai	1963

Europe

Albania

Austria

• Graz Clock Tower, Graz

Denmark

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

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

Finland

• Central railway station, Helsinki, Finland

France

• Metz railway station, Metz, France

Germany

• Replica of the traffic tower of 1924 on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

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

The Netherlands

• Martinitoren, Groningen

Romania

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

Russia

• Spasskaya Tower, Moscow

Serbia

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

• Clock Gate, Kalemegdan, Belgrade

Slovakia

• Michael's Gate, Bratislava

Switzerland

• Einsiedeln Abbey
• Grimmenturm, Zürich
• Zytglogge, Bern

Turkey: see under Asia

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, 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
• Council House, Nottingham, England
• Colchester Clock Tower, Colchester, England
• Elizabeth Tower (formerly St Stephen's 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, The University of Birmingham, England (The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world)
• Jubilee Clock, Weymouth, Dorset, England
• Jubilee Clock Tower, Churchill, North Somerset, England
• King's Cross station, London, England
• Little Ben, London, England
• Liver Building, Liverpool, England
• North British Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Parkinson Building, The University of Leeds, England
• St. Pancras railway station, London, England
• Tolbooth Steeple, Glasgow, Scotland
• Trent Building, The University of Nottingham, England
• Victoria Building, The 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
• 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

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.

External links

• Towerclocks.org - Tower clocks database