List of leaning towers

Leaning Tower of Pisa, the most recognized leaning tower

The Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the tallest leaning tower in the world at 175.5 meters (575.8 ft)

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 to subsequent external influence) does not stand perpendicular to the ground. The most famous example is the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.

Asia

Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi, is the world’s furthest leaning man-made tower.

China

• The Huqiu Tower in Suzhou (Jiangsu)
• The Huzhu Tower of Tianma Mountain near Shanghai
• Qianwei's Leaning Tower in Suizhong County (Liaoning)
• The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of Yuquan Temple (Hubei)

Abu Dhabi, UAE

• The Capital Gate in Abu Dhabi – “World’s furthest leaning man-made tower.” (2010)

Malaysia

• A clock and water tower in the Teluk Intan town in Perak

India

• The Leaning Temple of Huma, Sambalpur, India
• Golden Pillar in Ettumanur temple

Pacific

New Zealand

• The Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch

Europe

Czech Republic

• The tower of the Nanebevzetí Panny Marie church in Ústí nad Labem

Denmark

• Bella Sky Hotel in Copenhagen

Germany

Der Neue Zollhof at Media Harbor, Düsseldorf, designed by Frank Gehry

Leaning Tower of Suurhusen

• The Metzgerturm 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 Ladies in Bad Frankenhausen

Ireland

• The Round Tower of Kilmacduagh Monastery in County Galway

Italy

• The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa
• The Campanile of San Nicola, Pisa
• The Campanile of San Michele degli Scalzi, Pisa
• The Asinelli and Garisenda towers in Bologna
• The Campanile of San Martino church on the island of Burano, Venice
• The Campanile of San Giorgio dei Greci in Venice
• The Campanile of Santo Stefano in Venice
• The Campanile of Duomo di Santo Stefano in Caorle, Venice
• Torre delle Milizie, Rome

Netherlands

• The tower of the Walfriduskerk in Bedum, this tower leans more than the Pisa tower
• The tower of the Oude Kerk in Delft
• The tower of the Central Church of Dordrecht
• The Oldehove in Leeuwarden
• The Martinitoren in Groningen (leans 60 cm at the base)

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

Russia

• Saint Basil's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного, Покровский Собор) on Red Square in Moscow
• The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk
• The Söyembikä Tower in Kazan
• Sobornaya Belltower in Solikamsk
• The Motherland Calls, a statue in Volgograd

Serbia

• Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Zvezdara municipality, Belgrade

Spain

• The Gate of Europe in Madrid, the first inclined skyscrapers in the world

United Kingdom

• Big Ben's Clock Tower, Westminster, London, England
• The ruined Great Tower of Bridgnorth Castle, Bridgnorth, England
• The southeast tower of Caerphilly Castle, Wales
• The Albert Memorial Clock in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• 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
• 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.

North America

Canada

• The Olympic Stadium Tower, Montréal, Québec (World's tallest leaning tower), 175.5 meters
• The Saint-Léonard Tower (and associated public market), based upon the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but not a replica of it since it is made of metal, Saint-Léonard, Québec

Leaning Tower of Niles, a modern replica of the one at Pisa

United States

• The Leaning Tower of Niles, a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Niles, Illinois
• The Veer Towers at CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada
• The "Leaning Tower of Patchogue," a nickname given to the former PD Tower at the railroad station in Patchogue, New York. Demolished in 2006.
• Leaning Tower, Yosemite, a geological feature; north-facing mountainside immediately west of Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
• The Leaning Water Tower, in Groom, Texas.

See also

• Inclined tower

External links

• Leaning Towers of China