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 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 by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.
Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
South Africa
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
- :pt:Marco Zero |Marco Zero, Macapá
Amazonas
- , Itacoatiara
- :pt:Relógio Municipal|Relógio Municipal, Manaus
Ceará
- Praça do Relógio, Tianguá
- :pt:Praça do Ferreira|Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza
- Praça Coluna da Hora, Sobral
Distrito Federal
- :pt:Praça do Relógio |Praça do Relógio, Taguatinga, Federal District
Espírito Santo
- Relógio da Praça Oito, Vitória
Goiás
- :pt:Avenida Goiás |Relógio da Avenida Goiás, Goiânia
- Praça Guarda Mor Francisco José Pinheiro, Piracanjuba
- :pt:Estrada de Ferro Goiás#Antecedentes|Antiga Estação Ferroviária, Goiânia
Mato Grosso
- Catedral Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Cuiabá
Mato Grosso do Sul
- :pt:Relógio Central de Campo Grande|Relógio Central, Campo Grande
- :pt:Relógio Central|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
- :pt:Belo Horizonte#Política|Belo Horizonte City Hall, Belo Horizonte
- :pt:Centro de Cultura Belo Horizonte|Centro de Cultura Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte
- :pt:Praça Doutor João Penido|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
- :pt:Igreja São José |Igreja São José, Belo Horizonte
- :pt:Museu de Artes e Ofícios|Museu de Artes e Ofícios, Belo Horizonte
Pará
- :pt:Praça Siqueira Campos|Praça Siqueira Campos, Belém
Paraná
- :pt:Paço da Liberdade|Paço da Liberdade, Curitiba
- :pt:Torre Nossa Senhora da Glória|Torre Nossa Senhora da Glória, Francisco Beltrão
- , Curitiba
- Curitiba Cathedral, Curitiba
Pernambuco
- Faculdade de Direito do Recife, Recife
Rio Grande do Sul
- Cathedral of Stone, Canela
- :pt:Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul|Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
- :pt:Igreja Matriz São Pedro |Igreja Matriz São Pedro, Gramado
- :pt:Paço Municipal de Porto Alegre|Paço dos Açorianos, Porto Alegre
- Lutheran Parish of Gramado, Gramado
- Igreja Evangélica Três Reis Magos, Novo Hamburgo
- :pt:Igreja de São Pelegrino|Igreja de São Pelegrino, Caxias do Sul
- , Flores da Cunha
Rio de Janeiro
- Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
- Ilha Fiscal Castle, Rio de Janeiro
- at Paquetá Island, Guanabara Bay
- :pt:Estação Marítima de Passageiros do Porto do Rio de Janeiro|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
- 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
- , São Paulo
- 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
- :pt:CEAGESP|CEAGESP, São Paulo
- Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian, Ribeirão Preto
- at , Campinas
- Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Franca
- Paranapiacaba, Santo André
- :pt:Companhia Taubaté Industrial|Relógio Félix Guisard - CTI, Taubaté
- , Taubaté
- Palácio das Indústrias, São Paulo
- :pt:Palácio dos Correios |Palácio dos Correios, São Paulo
- , São Paulo
Chile
- 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, Wainwright, Alberta
British Columbia
- Vancouver City Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia
Ontario
- Brampton City Hall, Brampton, Ontario
- Cambridge City Hall, Cambridge, Ontario
- Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto
- Central Post Office
- Dominion Building, Brampton
- Hamilton City Hall
- Hart House, Soldiers' Tower, Toronto
- Kerr Hall, Ryerson University, Toronto
- Mississauga City Hall in Mississauga
- Old City Hall, Toronto
- Peace Tower, Parliament Hill Ottawa
- Planet Snoopy, 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
- Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station, Toronto
- Toronto Fire Services Station 227, Toronto
- Upper Canada College, Toronto
- , 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
Bangladesh
China
Bhutan
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Japan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
United Arab Emirates
Europe
Albania
Austria
- :de:Grazer Uhrturm|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 #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
Montenegro
- Sahat kula, Podgorica
The Netherlands
- Martinitoren, Groningen
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
- Zytglogge, Bern
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
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
- Elizabeth Tower, Palace of Westminster, London, England
- Gravesend Clock Tower, Kent, England
- Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower, Leicester, England
- Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, The University of Birmingham, England
- 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
- 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