List of leaning towers

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.
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
Ratneshwar Mahadev temple, Varanasi
Iraq
The 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, destroyed in 2017.
Malaysia
The Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan, a water/clock tower located in Teluk Intan, Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia.
Philippines
Bombon Parish Church Bell Tower
Sri Lanka
Altair, one tower of twin skyscraper complex in Colombo
UAE
Capital Gate, skyscraper in Abu Dhabi
Europe
Belgium
The Belfry of Bruges
The tower of Sts. 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 Karksi-Nuia
Kiipsaare Lighthouse in Saaremaa
France
La tour penchée, Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Oberkirche in Bad Frankenhausen
The Metzgerturm in Ulm
The Neuer Zollhof in Düsseldorf
The Reichenturm in Bautzen
The Leaning Tower of Gau-Weinheim (lean 5.4277° on 15 July 2022, greater than Suurhusen)
The Leaning Tower of Suurhusen, Schiefer Turm von Suurhusen. at an angle which was according to Guinness World Records in 2007 the greatest for an unintentionally tilted tower
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
The 13th century tower in Kitzingen is distinctive for its crooked roof due to top floor being offset. This offset, due to town legend, was due to wine being used instead of water for the top floor during a serious drought.
Hungary
Szécsény Firewatch Tower, leaning 3 degrees
Ireland
The Round Tower of Kilmacduagh Monastery in Gort, County Galway
Bastioned fort, Passage East, County Waterford.
Italy
The
The campanile (bell tower) of the 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, Massino Visconti
The campanile of the church of San Matteo in Molinella
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 (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
The tower of Sint-Jan de Doper church in Waalwijk
North Macedonia
Clock Tower in Prilep in North Macedonia
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 Mediaș
The church tower of the Evangelic Church in Ruși-Slimnic
Russia
The Demidov Tower in Nevyansk
The Sobornaya Belltower in Solikamsk
The Söyembikä Tower in Kazan
Belltower of the Church of the Theotokos of Tikhvin in Kungur
Belltower of the Edoma Pogost near Arkhangelsk
Belltower of the Church of All Saints in Moscow
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".
The 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
Gate of Europe, two mutually inclined skyscrapers in Madrid
The leaning bell tower of the Church of Our Lady of Assumption in Bujalance, Andalusia
Switzerland
The Leaning Tower of St. Moritz, remaining bell tower of St. Mauritius Church (16th century) that was demolished in 1893.
Ukraine
Belltower of Great Lavra in Kyiv
Belltower of Saint Lawrence's Church in Zhovkva
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, England
The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle, Wales
The spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield
The Greyfriars Tower in King's Lynn
North America
Canada
The Olympic Stadium Tower, the tallest deliberately leaning tower, Montréal, Québec
The Saint-Léonard Tower (and associated public market), Saint-Léonard, Québec (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 Tower of Britten, 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
Australia
The Leaning Tower at the Gravity Discovery Centre in Gingin
New Zealand
The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch (demolished in 2012 after the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake)
The Leaning Tower at the Puzzling World in Wānaka
See also
Inclined building
Inclined tower
Crooked spire
References
External links
Leaning Towers of China
Leaning