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

NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Cairo University Clock Cairo

Kenya

NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Parliament Buildings Nairobi 1954

Libya

NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Ottoman Clock Tower Tripoli 1870
Benghazi Municipal Hall Clock Benghazi 1924
Benghazi Lighthouse Benghazi 1922

Nigeria

NameCity/TownBuiltImage
University of Ibadan Clock Tower Ibadan

South Africa

NameCity/TownBuiltImage
Clock Tower Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town

Tanzania

NameLocationBuiltImage
Arusha Clock Tower Arusha 1957

Tunisia

NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower Tunis 2001

Americas

Argentina

Aruba

Willem III Tower at Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad, Aruba.

Barbados

Brazil

Júlio Prestes Station, São Paulo.

Alagoas

Amapá

Amazonas

Relógio Municipal, Manaus.

Ceará

Atual Coluna da Hora at Praça do Ferreira, Fortaleza.

Distrito Federal

Espírito Santo

Goiás

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso do Sul

Minas Gerais

Estação Central at Praça Rui Barbosa, Belo Horizonte.

Pará

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

Pernambuco

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

Campanário de Pedra, Flores da Cunha.

Rio de Janeiro

Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.

Santa Catarina

São Paulo

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

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.[1]

Canada

Montreal Clock Tower, Quebec.

Alberta

British Columbia

Ontario

(the 8th note milton ontario)

Quebec

Mexico

Peru

United States

Asia

Azerbaijan

NameLocationBuiltImage
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

NameLocationBuiltImage
Ali Amjad's Clock Sylhet ca. 1895

China

NameLocationBuiltImage
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

NameLocationBuiltImage
Clock Tower Square Hogdzin Lam, Thimphu N/A

India

Indonesia

NameLocationBuiltImage
Jam Gadang Bukittinggi 1926

Iran

NameLocationBuiltImage
Vank Cathedral Clocktower Isfahan 1931
Imam Reza Shrine Clocktower Mashhad 1891

میدان ساعت (ساری) Sari 1979
Sa'at Tower (Tabriz City Hall) Tabriz 1934
Shams ol-Emare Clocktower Tehran 1837 Shams-ol-Emare
Markar Clock Tower Yazd 1942
Jameh Mosque Clocktower Yazd 1959

Iraq

NameLocationBuiltImage Notes
Qushla Clock Tower Baghdad 1871 King George V gifted a large clock mechanism in 1927.
Kazimiyya Mosque Clock Tower Baghdad 1883 Donated by Nasir al-Din Shah.[2]
Abdul Qadir al-Gailani Mosque Clock Tower Baghdad 1899 Erected during Ottoman period.[3]
Abu Hanifa Mosque Clock Tower Baghdad 1961 First clock donated by Abdul Qadir al-Gailani Mosque in 1919.[4] The tower was built in 1961.[5]
Baghdad Clock Baghdad 1994
Soren Clock Basra 1906 Tower and building constructed in 1906 by Russian trader representing a German mechanical company, demolished in 1965 by Governor of Basra.[6]
Moosawi Mosque Clock Basra
Basra University Clock Basra
Clock Church Mosul 1882
Erbil Clock Erbil 2011 Built in 2011, stopped working for several months in 2015-2016.[7]
Imam Ali Shrine Clock Najaf 1888 Portal rebuilt in 1863 by Ottoman sultan Abdulaziz and Clock Tower gifted by Qajar Sultan Nasir al-Din in 1888, clock mechanism made in Manchester.[8]
Kufa Mosque Clock Najaf 1968 Clock added to minaret in 1968, donation from al-Haj al-Sayyid Tawfiq Allawi for renovation of Muslim ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib shrine.
Imam Husayn Shrine Clock Karbala 1894 Gifted by Nasir al-Deen Shah in 1312AH (1894).[9]
Diwaniyah Clock Diwaniyah 1965 [10]
Al-Askari Shrine Clock Samarra 1894-1896 Gifted by Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar alongside other Shia shrines in Iraq.

Israel

NameLocationBuiltImageNotes
Khan al-Umdan Acre 1906
Haifa Clock Tower Haifa 1898
Safed Clock Tower Safed 1900 Ottoman clock tower at the "Saraya" (government house)
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
Jerusalem Clock Tower Jerusalem 1907 Ottoman clock tower demolished in 1922 by British Mandate authorities.[11]
Allenby Square Clock Tower Jeruslaem 1925 Demolished in 1934.
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

NameLocationBuiltImage
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building Shibuya, Tokyo 2002
Sapporo Clock Tower Sapporo 1881

Jordan

NameLocationBuiltImage
Irbid Clock Tower Irbid
University of Jordan Clock Tower Amman
Hashemite Plaza Clock Amman

Kuwait

NameLocationBuiltImage
Seif Palace clock tower Kuwait City 1904

Lebanon

NameLocationBuiltImage
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
Church of Saint Elijah Qartaba
Our Lady of Salvation Clock Tower Zahlé

Malaysia

NameLocationBuiltImage
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

NameLocationBuiltImage
High Court Building Kyauktada Township, Yangon 1911

Nepal

NameLocationBuiltImageNotes
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

NameLocationBuiltImage
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 Clock Tower Hyderabad 1914
6th Road Clock Tower Rawalpindi 2015
Lee Market Clock Tower Karachi 1927
Poonabhai Mamaiya Clock Tower Karachi
Victoria Clock Tower Jacobabad 1888

Palestine

NameLocationBuiltImage
Manara Clock Tower Nablus 1906

Philippines

NameLocationBuiltImage
Jaro Belfry Iloilo City 1744
Manila City Hall Clock Tower Manila 1930s
Quiapo Church Quiapo, Manila 1988
University of Santo Tomas Main Building Sampaloc, Manila 1927

Qatar

NameLocationBuiltImage
Amiri Clock Tower Doha 1956

Singapore

NameLocationBuiltImage
The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building 1925
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall early 1900s

Sri Lanka

NameLocationBuiltImage
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

NameLocationBuiltImage
The Clock Towers Mecca 2011
Safat Clock Tower Riyadh 1966

South Korea

NameLocationBuiltImage
Myeongdong Cathedral Myeongdong, Jung District, Seoul 1898

Syria

NameLocationBuiltImage
Bab Al Faraj Clock Tower Aleppo 1898
Cathedral of the Holy Forty Martyrs Clock Aleppo 1912
Saint Elijah Maronite Cathedral Clock Aleppo 1914
Homs Old Clock Homs 1923
Hama Clock Tower Hama 1950
Our Lady of Dormition Cathedral Clock Damascus
Idlib Clock Tower Idlib

United Arab Emirates

NameLocationBuiltImage
Deira Clock Tower Dubai 1963
Sharjah Clock Tower Sharjah
Sharjah University Clock Sharjah
Kalba Clock Tower Kalba
Abu Dhabi Clock Tower Airport Road, Abu Dhabi 1976
Ajman Clock Towers Ajman 2010
Clock Roundabout Dibba

Europe

Albania

Austria

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Uhrenturm Wittenberge

Greece

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Montenegro

Sahat kula, Podgorica
Sahat kula, Ulcinj
Sahat kula, Ulcinj
Clock Towers (Montenegrin: Sahat kula) in Montenegro: Podgorica, Ulcinj, and Pljevlja.

Netherlands

Romania

Russia

Serbia

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

Slovakia

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

NameLocationBuiltImage
Ashburton Clock TowerAshburton1976
Auckland Town HallAuckland1911
Old Arts Building, University of AucklandAuckland1926
Victoria Clock TowerChristchurch1897
Dunedin railway stationDunedin1906
Dunedin Town HallDunedin1878
University of Otago Clocktower complexDunedin1879
Hastings Clock TowerHastings1935
Hokitika Clock TowerHokitika1903
Hopwood Clock TowerPalmerston North1957
Westport Clock Tower ChambersWestport1941

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ al-Jalali, Mohammad Husayn. Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa-Tārīkhuhā [The Shrines of Ahl al-Bayt and their history] (in Arabic). p. 118.
  3. ↑ "Archnet > Site > Jami' 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani". www.archnet.org. Archived from the original on 2025-11-08. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  4. ↑ Al-A'dhami, Hashim (1964). History of the Great Imam mosque and al-Adhamiyah mosques (in Arabic) (1 ed.). Baghdad al-Ani Press.
  5. ↑ "قصة جامع الإمام الأعظم أبو حنيفة بالأعظمية - بغداد". www.radiodijla.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  6. ↑ baha (2021-07-07). "ساعة سورين هي ساعة انشأ البرج عام 1906". محافظة البصرة. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Erbil'in sembolü saat kulesi 'ekonomik kriz' kurbanı". Anadolu Ajansı (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  8. ↑ Tabbaa, Yasser; Mervin, Sabrina (2014). "Najaf The Gate of Wisdom" (PDF). UNESCO Publishing. p. 81.
  9. ↑ "Infographic: Clock Tower of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine". Imam Hussain Holy Shrine (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  10. ↑ "ساحة الساعة في الديوانية غيرت اسمها ولونها مرات عدة – المنصة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  11. ↑ "Time Standardization, Clock Towers & Colonialism in Ireland and Palestine". THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
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