List of leaning towers
Leaning towers
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, the most recognized leaning tower
Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi is the world’s furthest man-made leaning tower
This is a list of leaning towers. A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or subsequent external influence), does not stand perpendicular to the ground. The most famous example is the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy.
Asia
Ratneshwar Mahadev temple, Varanasi, India.
The 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, 1932.
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)
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
Sri Lanka
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Supported leaning tower of Altair (building), Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Altair (building), Colombo, Sri Lanka. 686 foot, 63 floor supported leaning tower with an angle of 13.8 degrees.[1] (2018)
United Arab Emirates
- The Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi – “World’s furthest leaning man-made tower.” (2010)
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
Denmark
Estonia
- Karski Church (in Estonian) in Karksi-Nuia
- Kiipsaare Lighthouse in Saaremaa
France
- La tour penchée, Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais
Germany
- The Metzgerturm[2] in Ulm
- The Neuer Zollhof in Düsseldorf
- The Reichenturm in Bautzen
- The Leaning Tower of Suurhusen (Schiefer Turm von Suurhusen) (according to Guinness World Records the most tilted tower in the world)
- The Leaning Tower of Dausenau (Schiefer Turm von Dausenau) (also contending for the "most leaning tower in the world")
- 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 (known as the Leaning Tower 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
- St Mark's Campanile
- Torre delle Milizie, Rome
- The Two Towers, Bologna (Asinelli and Garisenda towers]] in Bologna)
Netherlands
- The tower of the St. Walfriduskerk in Bedum
- The tower of the Oude Kerk in Delft
- The tower of the Central Church 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 (Leaning Tower) in Toruń
- The Krzywa Wieża (Leaning Tower) in Ząbkowice Śląskie
- The Baszta Sowia (Owl's Tower) in Pyrzyce
- Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk (although in this case, it is a building that is leaning)
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
Slovakia
- The tower of the Church of Saint Martin in Vrbové in Slovakia is known as the "Slovak Pisa".[3]
- The Church of Saint George in Spišská Sobota[4]
- The Clock Tower on SNP Square in Banská Bystrica
Spain
- The Gate of Europe in Madrid, the first inclined skyscrapers in the world
- 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.
- Mudéjar Clock Tower of Ateca, Aragon
Switzerland
- The Leaning Tower of St. Moritz, remaining bell tower of St. Mauritius Church (16th century) that was demolished in 1893.
United Kingdom
- The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle, Wales
- The Albert Memorial Clock in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- The great tower of Bridgnorth Castle, in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- The tower of Temple Church in Bristol, England
- The Greyfriars Tower – the remains of a Franciscan monastery in King's Lynn, England
- The spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield[5]
- The tower of St Martin's Church at Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales.
- The tower and spire of St Laurence's Church, Surfleet, Lincolnshire, England
- Bateman's Tower in Brightlingsea, Essex, England.
- Elizabeth Tower, London[6]
- 2 Adelaide St (multi-purpose building with Bank of Ireland as anchor tenant), Belfast, Northern Ireland.
North America
The Olympic Stadium in Montreal, with the tallest deliberately leaning tower.
Canada
- The Olympic Stadium Tower, Montréal, Québec
- The Saint-Léonard Tower (and associated public market), Saint-Léonard, Québec[7] (demolished)
- Vancouver House, formerly called Beach and Howe, design by BIG to be cut to avoid a freeway, that gives the appearance of leaning.[8]
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 Ocean Tower, in South Padre Island, Texas (demolished)
- 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
- 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
- The Veer Towers at CityCenter, on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada
Oceania
New Zealand's Leaning Tower of Wanaka in Puzzling World
Australia
- The Leaning Tower of Gingin at the Gravity Discovery Centre
New Zealand
- The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch (demolished)
- The Leaning Tower of Wanaka in Puzzling World
- Wellington Airport air traffic control tower, dubbed the 'leaning tower of Rongotai'[9]
See also
References
- ↑ "Altair's structural engineer explains high-rise design principles at Colombo forum". pressreader.com. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ↑ Metzgerturm (archived) (in German)
- ↑ "Slovak Pisa"
- ↑ "Leaning tower in Poprad"
- ↑ http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/chesterfield-crooked-spire-c1747.html
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15243118
- ↑ Columbani Architecte
- ↑ https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/06/big-vancouver-house-skyscraper-tower-future-project-of-the-year-2015-world-architecture-festival/
- ↑ New 'leaning tower of Rongotai' is eye-catching marvel New Zealand Herald, 5 February 2018
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