List of leaning towers

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 such as unstable ground), does not stand perpendicular to the ground. The most famous example is the Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, the most widely recognized leaning tower

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
• Baoguang Temple's pagoda: only the top levels are tilted

King 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

• Karski Church (in Estonian) in Karksi-Nuia
• Kiipsaare Lighthouse in Saaremaa

France

• La tour penchée, Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais

Germany

The Leaning Tower of Suurhusen.

• The Metzgerturm[1] 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 that is unintentionally tilted)
• The Leaning Tower of Dausenau (Schiefer Turm von Dausenau) (slightly further leaning than the Tower of Suurhusen, disqualified by Guinness World Records for being a ruin instead of a tower)
• 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[2]
• 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 (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 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 (Leaning Tower) in Toruń
• The Krzywa Wieża (Leaning Tower) in Ząbkowice Śląskie
• The Baszta Sowia (Owl's Tower) 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 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

• 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 (16th century) that was demolished in 1893.

United Kingdom

• 2 Adelaide St (multi-purpose building with Bank of Ireland as anchor tenant), 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[5]
• 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

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[6] (demolished)

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 (demolished)
• 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

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 in 2012 after the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake)
• The Leaning Tower of Wanaka in Puzzling World

See also

• Inclined building
• Inclined tower
• Crooked spire

References

1. Metzgerturm (archived) (in German)
2. "Zonta, Daniele & Pozzi, Matteo. (2015). The remarkable story of Portogruaro Civic Tower's probabilistic health monitoring. Structural Monitoring and Maintenance. 2. 301-318. 10.12989/smm.2015.2.4.301".
3. "Slovak Pisa"
4. "Leaning tower in Poprad"
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2014-06-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. Columbani Architecte

External links

• Leaning Towers of China