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, Italy, an iconic leaning tower

Asia

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China

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Hong Kong

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India

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Iraq

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The 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri (in 1932), Mosul, Iraq

Malaysia

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Philippines

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  • Bombon Parish Church Bell Tower

Sri Lanka

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Altair twin skyscrapers, Sri Lanka

Europe

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Panny Marie Church Tower, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Belgium

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Czech Republic

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

Estonia

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France

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Germany

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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Netherlands

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Oude Kerk, Delft, Netherlands
Clock Tower, Prilep, Northern Macedonia
The Krzywa Wieża, Toruń, Poland

North Macedonia

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Poland

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Romania

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  • The St. Margaret Evangelic church Tower in Mediaș
  • The church tower of the Evangelic Church in Ruși-Slimnic
The Clock Tower on SNP Square, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Russia

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Serbia

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Slovakia

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Mudéjar Tower, San Pedro del los Francos, Catalayud, Aragon, Spain

Spain

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Switzerland

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  • The Leaning Tower of St. Moritz, remaining bell tower of St. Mauritius Church (16th century) that was demolished in 1893.

Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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North America

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Canada

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Mexico

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United States

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Oceania

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Leaning Tower, Gravity Discovery Centre, Gingin, Australia
Leaning Tower, Puzzling World, Wānaka, New Zealand

Australia

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New Zealand

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Metzgerturm". Kreisbildstelle Illertissen (in German). Archived from the original on 1 April 2002.
  2. ^ Gottschlich, Erwin. "Der Schiefer Turm von Gau-Weinheim". www.Gau-Weinheim.de (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Farthest leaning church tower". Guinness World Records. 17 January 2007.
  4. ^ "Il Duomo e il campanile". Caorle Portale Turistico (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ Zonta, Daniele; Pozzi, Matteo (December 2015). "The remarkable story of Portogruaro Civic Tower's probabilistic health monitoring". Structural Monitoring and Maintenance. 2 (4): 301–318. doi:10.12989/SMM.2015.2.4.301.
  6. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/ [bare URL]
  7. ^ "The leaning tower of Barbian".
  8. ^ "Slovak Pisa"
  9. ^ "Leaning tower in Poprad"
  10. ^ "Chesterfield Crooked Spire". Peak District Online. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16.
  11. ^ Columbani Architecte (in French)
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