List of leaning towers
This is a list of leaning towers. A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally, does not stand perpendicular to the ground. The most famous example is the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy.
Asia
China
- The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda of Xi'an
- The Huzhu Pagoda of Tianma Mountain near Shanghai
- The Huqiu Tower in Suzhou, Jiangsu
- The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of Yuquan Temple, Hubei
- Qianwei's Leaning Tower in Suizhong County, Liaoning
- Baoguang Temple's pagoda: only the top levels are tilted
Hong Kong
- The pair of towers of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor
India
- Golden Pillar in Ettumanur temple
- The Leaning Temple of Huma, Sambalpur, India
- Ratneshwar Mahadev temple, Varanasi, India
Iraq
- The 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, destroyed in 2017.
Malaysia
- A clock and water tower in the Teluk Intan town in Perak
Philippines
- Bombon, Camarines Sur Parish Church Bell Tower
Europe
Belgium
- The Belfry of Bruges
- The tower of the St. Peter and Paul church in Schelle
- The tower of the abbey church in Ninove
Czech Republic
- The tower of the Nanebevzetí Panny Marie church in Ústí nad Labem
- Church of Saint Peter of Alcantara in Karviná
Estonia
- :et:Karksi kirik|Karski Church in Karksi-Nuia
- Kiipsaare Lighthouse in Saaremaa
France
- La tour penchée, Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais
Germany
- The Metzgerturm in Ulm
- The Neuer Zollhof in Düsseldorf
- The Reichenturm in Bautzen
- The Leaning Tower of Suurhusen
- The Leaning Tower of Dausenau
- The 14th-century bell tower of the Church of Our Dear Lady in Bad Frankenhausen
Hungary
- Szécsény Firewatch Tower, leaning 3 degrees
Ireland
- The Round Tower of Kilmacduagh Monastery in Gort, County Galway
Italy
- The Campanile of Duomo di Caorle
- The Campanile of Cathedral of Pisa, Pisa
- The Campanile of Duomo di Portogruaro
- The Campanile of San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice
- The Campanile of San Martino church on the island of Burano, Venice
- The Campanile of San Michele degli Scalzi, Pisa
- The Campanile of San Nicola, Pisa
- The Campanile of Santo Stefano in Venice
- Torre delle Milizie, Rome
- The Two Towers, Bologna
Netherlands
- The tower of the St. Walfriduskerk in Bedum
- The tower of the Oude Kerk in Delft
- The tower of the Grote Kerk of Dordrecht
- The Oldehove in Leeuwarden
- The tower in Miedum
- The Martinitoren in Groningen
- The tower of the Catharinakerk in Acquoy
- The tower of the Domkerk in De Lier
- The tower of the church in Loenen aan de Vecht
Poland
- The Krzywa Wieża in Toruń
- The Krzywa Wieża in Ząbkowice Śląskie
- The Baszta Sowia in Pyrzyce
Romania
- The St. Margaret Evangelic church Tower in Medias
- The church tower of the Evangelic Church in Ruși-Slimnic
Russia
- The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk
- The Sobornaya Belltower in Solikamsk
- The Söyembikä Tower in Kazan
Serbia
- Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Zvezdara municipality, Belgrade
Slovakia
- The tower of the :sk:Kostol svätého Martina |Church of Saint Martin in Vrbové in Slovakia is known as the "Slovak Pisa".
- The :sk:Kostol svätého Juraja |Church of Saint George in Spišská Sobota
- The Clock Tower on SNP Square in Banská Bystrica
Spain
- Mudéjar Tower of San Pedro del los Francos, Catalayud, Aragon
- The demolished Leaning Tower of Zaragoza, was, while it existed, the most famous Spanish leaning tower. Demolished in 1892.
- Mudéjar Clock Tower of Ateca, Aragon
Switzerland
- The Leaning Tower of St. Moritz, remaining bell tower of St. Mauritius Church that was demolished in 1893.
United Kingdom
- 2 Adelaide St, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- The Albert Memorial Clock in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Bateman's Tower in Brightlingsea, Essex, England
- The great tower of Bridgnorth Castle, in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle, Wales
- The spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield
- The Greyfriars Tower – the remains of a Franciscan monastery in King's Lynn, England
- The tower and spire of St Laurence's Church, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England
- The tower of St Martin's Church at Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales.
- The tower of Temple Church in Bristol, England
North America
Canada
- The Olympic Stadium Tower, Montréal, Québec
- The Saint-Léonard Tower, Saint-Léonard, Québec
Mexico
- Puerto Morelos Lighthouse of 1946 on Riviera Maya in the state of Quintana Roo, leaning since 1967
United States
- The Leaning Tower of Niles, in Niles, Illinois; a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- The "Leaning Tower of Patchogue," a nickname given to the former PD Tower at the LIRR station in Patchogue, New York; it was demolished in 2006
- The Leaning Water Tower, in Groom, Texas
- The Leaning Tower of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, a now demolished core of a 11-story building that remained erect but slightly leaning after a building demolition.
- The Millennium Tower in San Francisco; an examination in 2016 showed the building had sunk 16 inches, with a two-inch tilt towards the north west
- The Ocean Tower, in South Padre Island, Texas
- Sharps Island Light, 3 miles off the southern end of Tilghman Island, in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, has been leaning 15° since it was damaged by an ice floe in 1977
Oceania
Australia
- The Leaning Tower of Gingin at the Gravity Discovery Centre
New Zealand
- The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch
- The Leaning Tower of Wanaka in Puzzling World