List of octagonal buildings and structures

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Plan of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

The Tower of the winds in Athens

Octagon buildings and structures are characterised by an octagonal plan form, whether a perfect geometric octagon or a regular eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides.

The oldest known octagon-shaped building^{[citation needed]} is the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, which was constructed circa 300 B.C. Octagon houses were popularized in the United States in the mid-19th century and there are too many to list here, see instead List of octagon houses. There are also octagonal houses built in other times and cultures.

This article is a list of octagonal buildings and structures worldwide, excluding houses and windmills.

[edit] Australia

• Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip), Victoria, an octagonal gazebo-like structure in the South Channel of Port Phillip Bay.

[edit] Canada

• Chapel at Dundurn, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Miscou Island Lighthouse — Strategic Baie des Chaleurs octagonal colonial lighthouse
• Huron County Gaol - Distinctive octagonal jail design, 1839-41
• The octagonal deadhouses of Ontario
• Speedside United Church, in Centre Wellington, Ontario

[edit] China

• Liaodi Pagoda, China
• Lingxiao Pagoda, China
• Also many other pagodas

[edit] Germany

Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen

• Palatine Chapel in Aachen

[edit] Greece

• Tower of the Winds, Athens, Greece

[edit] Israel

• Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. 687-691 CE

[edit] Italy

• Baptistry of San Giovanni, Florence
• The Battistero or Baptistry of Parma
• Basilica of San Vitale, Rome

[edit] Sweden

• Hedvig Eleonora Church, Stockholm

[edit] United Kingdom

Wells Cathedral plan, showing the four massive piers of the crossing (centre), the octagonal chapter house (top) and the extended east end (right)

• Dutch Cottage, Rayleigh, Essex
• Naze tower, Walton on the Naze
• Octagonal chapter houses at the following cathedrals:^[1]
  • Liverpool Cathedral
  • Salisbury Cathedral
  • Truro Cathedral
  • Wells Cathedral
  • York Minster
• Octagon Centre, Sheffield
• Octagonal lantern tower, Ely Cathedral, Ely
• Octagon Chapel, Norwich
• Octagon Theatre, Bolton
• Pagoda at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
• Storm Tower at Compass Point, Bude, Cornwall

[edit] United States

[edit] See also

• Octagon house
• List of octagon houses

[edit] References