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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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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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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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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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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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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