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A clock tower is a tower
Tower

Towers are tall human-made structures that are always taller than they are wide, usually by a significant margin. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
 built with one or more (often four) clock
Clock

A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"....
 faces
Clock face

A clock face is the part of an analog clock that displays the time through the use of a fixed numbered dial or dials and moving hands. In its most basic form, recognised universally throughout the world, the dial is numbered 1?12 indicating the hours in a 12-hour cycle, and a short hour hand makes 2 revolutions in a day....
. The clock tower is usually part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall, but many clock towers are free-standing.

The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock
Turret clock

A turret clock is a large mechanical clock set in a tower, for use by a large number of people. Typically found in a church tower or other public building the clock mechanism drives the hands on one or more large clock faces visible from the outside....
. It often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bell
Bell (instrument)

A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually an open-ended hollow drum which resonates upon being struck....
s or chime
Chime

Chime may be:A musical instrument or tone:* Chime , an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard....
s, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.

clock towers are famous landmarks.






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A clock tower is a tower
Tower

Towers are tall human-made structures that are always taller than they are wide, usually by a significant margin. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
 built with one or more (often four) clock
Clock

A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"....
 faces
Clock face

A clock face is the part of an analog clock that displays the time through the use of a fixed numbered dial or dials and moving hands. In its most basic form, recognised universally throughout the world, the dial is numbered 1?12 indicating the hours in a 12-hour cycle, and a short hour hand makes 2 revolutions in a day....
. The clock tower is usually part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall, but many clock towers are free-standing.

The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock
Turret clock

A turret clock is a large mechanical clock set in a tower, for use by a large number of people. Typically found in a church tower or other public building the clock mechanism drives the hands on one or more large clock faces visible from the outside....
. It often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bell
Bell (instrument)

A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually an open-ended hollow drum which resonates upon being struck....
s or chime
Chime

Chime may be:A musical instrument or tone:* Chime , an array of large bells, typically housed in a tower and played from a keyboard....
s, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.

Landmarks

Some clock towers are famous landmarks. Five of the best-known are the St Stephen's Tower, which houses Big Ben
Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster

Big Ben is the nickname for the great Bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The nickname is often also used to refer to the clock and the clock tower....
 of the Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom meet....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, the Rajabai Tower
Rajabai Tower

The Rajabai Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai, India. It is located in the confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai. The tower stands at a height of 85 m ....
 in Mumbai
Mumbai

Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...
, the Spasskaya Tower
Kremlin towers

The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin. ...
 of the Moscow Kremlin
Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
, the Peace Tower
Peace Tower

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 in Ottawa
Ottawa

Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
, and the world's tallest 'free standing' clock tower; the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower at the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is a United Kingdom 'Red brick universities' university located in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and with origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School, it was the first of the so-called Red brick universities to receive a Royal...
, England
England

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, Zytglogge
Zytglogge

The Zytglogge tower is a landmark medieval tower in Berne, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as Defensive wall, prison, clock tower, center of urban life and civic memorial....
 clock tower in the Old city of Berne
Berne

The city of Berne or Bern is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland and, with 128,041 people , the fifth most populous city in Switzerland ....
, Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 On New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is on , the final day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the day before New Year's Day.New Year's Eve is a separate observance from the observance of New Year's Day....
 2004 four 6.3-metre clock faces were added to the top of the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science
Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science

The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland, the eighth List of tallest buildings in the European Union in the European Union, and the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world at 237 metres ....
 building in Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
, Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 making it the highest 4-faced clock tower in the world and the second highest clock tower in the world.. The NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building
NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building

The is a skyscraper located in the Shibuya, Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. At tall, it is the List of tallest buildings in Tokyo. After the installation of a clock in 2002, the building became the tallest clock tower in the world....
 240 meters (787 feet) is 10 meters higher and is the highest clock tower in the world. The Allen-Bradley Clock Tower
Allen-Bradley Clock Tower

The Rockwell Automation Headquarters is an office building located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
 holds the record for the largest non-chiming four faced clock.

History

Tower of the Winds
Although clock towers are today mostly admired for their aesthetics, they once served an important purpose. Before the middle of the twentieth century, most people did not have watches, and prior to the 18th century even home clocks were rare. The first clock
Clock

A clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic languages words clagan and clocca meaning "bell"....
s didn't have faces, but were solely striking clock
Striking clock

File:Big Ben 2007-1.jpgA striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell or gong.The striking feature of clocks was originally more important than their clock faces; the earliest clocks struck the hours, but had no dials to enable the time to be read....
s, which sounded bells to call the surrounding community to prayer. They were therefore placed in towers so the bells would be audible for a long distance. Clock towers were placed near the centers of towns and were often the tallest structures there. As clock towers became more common, the designers realized that a dial on the outside of the tower would allow the townspeople to read the time whenever they wanted.

The use of clock towers dates back to the antiquity
Antiquity

Antiquity or antiquities may refer to:*"ancient history" generally, and may be used of any historical period before the Middle Ages; such as in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, or other Ancient Near East....
. The earliest clock tower was the Tower of the Winds
Tower of the Winds

The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion , is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower on the Ancient Rome agora in Athens. The structure features a combination of sundials, a water clock and a wind vane....
 in Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 which featured eight sundial
Sundial

A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its style onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day....
s. In its interior, there was also a water clock
Water clock

A water clock or clepsydra is any timekeeper operated by means of a regulated flow of liquid into or out from a vessel where the amount is then measured....
 (or clepsydra), driven by water coming down from the Acropolis. The first striking clock
Striking clock

File:Big Ben 2007-1.jpgA striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell or gong.The striking feature of clocks was originally more important than their clock faces; the earliest clocks struck the hours, but had no dials to enable the time to be read....
 tower was constructed many centuries later in 1154 near the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
, Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
, by the Arab engineer al-Kaysarani. The earliest clock tower in medieval Europe was the Salisbury cathedral clock
Salisbury cathedral clock

The Salisbury Cathedral clock, a large iron-framed clock without a dial located in the aisle of Salisbury Cathedral. The Salisbury cathedral clock dating from about 1386 is the oldest working clock in the world....
 in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, completed in 1306.

JB Joyce & Co
JB Joyce & Co

JB Joyce & Co, Clockmakers were founded in Shropshire in England. The company claim to be the oldest clock manufacturer in the world originally established in 1690, and has been part of the Smith of Derby Group since 1965....
 claims to be the world's oldest tower clock maker (still in operation). The company began life in 1690 and still manufactures clocks not far from its original premises in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Today it is a part of the , started in 1856, which claims to be the largest tower clock manufacturer in the world. The company has manufactured tower clocks for St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglicanism cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century and is generally reckoned to be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral, although the number is higher if every major medieval reconstruction is counted as a new cathedr...
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and the Shanghai Customs building
Customs House, Shanghai

The Customs House is an eight storey building on the Bund, Shanghai. Built in 1927, the building remains a customs house today. Together with the neighbouring HSBC Building, Shanghai, the Customs House is seen as one of the symbols of the Bund and Shanghai....
 in China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
.

Line (mains) synchronous tower clocks were introduced in the United States in the 1920's by Telechron
Telechron

Telechron is the name of a US company that manufactured electric clocks between 1912 and 1992. "Telechron" is derived from the Greek words , meaning "far off," and , "time," thus referring to the transmission of time over long distances....
, now Electric Time Company
Electric Time Company

HistoryElectric Time Company, a worldwide manufacturer of Tower and Street clocks, was founded in 1928 and incorporated in the state of Massachusetts in 1932....
 of Medfield, Massachusetts
Medfield, Massachusetts

Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,677 at a 2008 estimate.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Medfield, please see the article Medfield , Massachusetts....
. Electric Time Company
Electric Time Company

HistoryElectric Time Company, a worldwide manufacturer of Tower and Street clocks, was founded in 1928 and incorporated in the state of Massachusetts in 1932....
 is now the largest tower clock manufacturer in the world.

List of Clock towers


Asia
Hong Kong
  • The Clock Tower
    Clock Tower, Hong Kong

    The Clock Tower is a landmark in Hong Kong. It is located on the southern shore of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It is the only remnant of the original site of the former Kowloon Station on the Kowloon-Canton Railway....
     at Tsim Sha Tsui
    Tsim Sha Tsui

    Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, also known as Tsim Tsui by local people, is an urbanisation list of areas of Hong Kong in the Yau Tsim Mong District in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong....
    , Kowloon
    Kowloon

    Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south....
    , Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
     was part of the former Kowloon Station
  • The old Star Ferry
    Star Ferry

    The "Star" Ferry Company Ltd. is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across the Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon....
     pier in Central, Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....


India
  • Ram Narain Periwal Clock Tower, Fazilka
    Fazilka

    Fazilka is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab , India....
    , Punjab
    Punjab (India)

    Punjab is a States and territories of India in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest....
  • Clock Tower, Chaura Bazaar, Ludhiana
    Ludhiana

    Ludhiana is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the Indian States and territories of India of Punjab . It is the largest city in Punjab , with an estimated population of 1.4 million....
    , Punjab
    Punjab (India)

    Punjab is a States and territories of India in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest....
  • Rajabai Tower
    Rajabai Tower

    The Rajabai Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai, India. It is located in the confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai. The tower stands at a height of 85 m ....
    , South Mumbai
    South Mumbai

    South Mumbai , the southern-most precinct of the city of Mumbai, India, comprises the city's main business localities and its adjoining areas....
  • The Clock Tower, Secunderabad
    Secunderabad

    Secunderabad is twinned with the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, the latter being the fifth largest metropolis in India and the state capital of Andhra Pradesh....
    , Andhra pradesh
    Andhra Pradesh

    Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P.,is a state situated on eastern coast of India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
  • Ghanta Ghar, Dehradun
    Dehradun

    , is the capital city of the States and territories of India of Uttarakhand in India, and the headquarters of Dehradun District.It is located in the Doon valley, 230 kilometers north of India's capital New Delhi and the Delhi metropolitan area....
    , Uttarakhand
    Uttarakhand

    Uttarakhand , is a States and territories of India located in the northern part of India. It was carved out of Himalayan and adjoining districts of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000, becoming the 27th States and territories of India of the Republic of India ....


Indonesia
  • Jam Gadang
    Jam Gadang

    Jam Gadang is a clocktower and major landmark of the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located in the centre of the city, near the the main market, Pasar Atas, and is a tourist attraction....
    , Bukittinggi
    Bukittinggi

    Bukittinggi is one of the larger cities in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of over 91,000 people and an area of 25.24 km?. It is situated in the Minangkabau highlands, 90 km by road from the West Sumatran capital city of Padang, Indonesia....


Israel
  • Jaffa Clock Tower
    Jaffa Clock Tower

    Jaffa Clock Tower is one of seven clock towers built in Israel during the Ottoman Empire. The others are located in Safed, Akko, Nazareth, Haifa, Nablus and Jerusalem, the last being the only one that has not survived until today....
    , Tel Aviv-Yafo


Malaysia
  • Malay College Kuala Kangsar
    Malay College Kuala Kangsar

    The Malay College Kuala Kangsar is a residential school in Malaysia. It is an all-boys and all-Malay people school located in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak....
     Clock Tower
  • Sultan Abdul Samad Building
    Sultan Abdul Samad Building

    The Sultan Abdul Samad Building is located in front of the Dataran Merdeka - literally the Independence Square - and the Royal Selangor Club, by Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
    , Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur

    Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
  • Stadhuys Square, Malacca
    Malacca

    Malacca is the third smallest States of Malaysia, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Strait of Malacca....
  • Jubilee Clock Tower
    Jubilee Clock Tower

    The Jubilee Clock Tower, in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is a Indo-Saracenic-style Jubilee clocktower at the junction of Lebuh Light and Lebuh Pantai ....
    , Penang
    Penang

    Penang is a States of Malaysia in Malaysia, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. Penang is the second smallest state in Malaysia after Perlis, and the eighth most populous....
  • Birch Memorial Tower, Ipoh
    Ipoh

    Ipoh is a city in Malaysia and is the capital of the state of Perak. It is approximately 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur via the North-South Expressway, Malaysia....
    , Perak
    Perak

    Perak is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is the second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor southward and to the west by the Strait of Malacca....
  • Malayan Railway Building, Penang
    Penang

    Penang is a States of Malaysia in Malaysia, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. Penang is the second smallest state in Malaysia after Perlis, and the eighth most populous....


Pakistan
  • Merewether Memorial Tower
    Merewether Memorial Tower

    Merewether Memorial Tower or Merewether Tower is located at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan....
    , Karachi
    Karachi

    is the largest city, seaport and the International financial centre of Pakistan. It is List of metropolitan areas by population in terms of metropolitan population, and is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade....
  • Clock Tower
    Clock Tower, Faisalabad

    The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Punjab , Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the period of the British Raj....
    , Faisalabad
    Faisalabad

    is a city located in the Subdivisions of Pakistan of Punjab , Pakistan. It was Geographical renaming Lyallpur. Faisalabad is the List of most populated metropolitan areas in Pakistan city in Pakistan with an estimated 2006 population of 2.6 million ....
  • Clock Tower Sialkot
    Clock Tower Sialkot

    The Sialkot Clock Tower is situated in Saddar Bazar, Sialkot, Pakistan. It acts like a giant pin, holding the crazy and bustling streets of the main city and the well--planned, relatively tranquil portions of the cantonment area together....
  • Clock Tower, Multan
    Multan

    is a city in the Punjab of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province. Multan District has a population of over 3.8 million and the city itself is the sixth largest within the boundaries of Pakistan....


Philippines
  • Manila City Hall Clock Tower, Manila
    Manila

    The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....
  • Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene Clock Tower, Quiapo, Manila
    Quiapo, Manila

    Quiapo is a district of Manila, Philippines, also referred to as the "old downtown." It is known for its cheap prices on items ranging from electronics, bicycles to native handicrafts....


Singapore
  • Clock Tower Building
    The Chinese High School Clock Tower Building

    File:SCHS Bell Tower3.jpegThe Chinese High School Clock Tower Building in Singapore is situated in what is now the campus of the integrated Hwa Chong Institution after the merger of The Chinese High School with Hwa Chong Junior College on 1 January 2005....
     of The Chinese High School
    The Chinese High School

    The Chinese High School , formerly Singapore Nanyang Overseas Chinese Middle School was founded by philanthropist Tan Kah Kee on March 21, 1919 in Singapore....
    , a national monument
    National Monuments of Singapore

    The Preservation of Monuments Board , a Statutory boards of the Singapore Government within the Government of Singapore under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts , has so far gazetted 58 buildings and structures in Singapore as the National Monuments of Singapore....
     of Singapore
    Singapore

    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
  • Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall
    Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall

    The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall is a complex of two buildings and a clock tower joined together by a common corridor and located in the civic district of Singapore....


Myanmar
  • High Court (Burma)


United Arab Emirates
  • Deira Clocktower
    Deira Clocktower

    The Deira Clocktower , sometimes referred to as the Dubai Clocktower, is a roundabout in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . The Clocktower is located in eastern Dubai in Deira, Dubai, at the intersection of Umm Hurair Road and route D 89 ....
     in Deira
    Deira, Dubai

    Deira is an area in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates bordered by the Persian Gulf, Sharjah and Dubai Creek. Historically, it has been the center of Dubai, but has been losing its importance during the past few decades due to the emergence of Sheikh Zayed Road and areas further down the coast toward Abu Dhabi....
    , Dubai
    Dubai

    Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....


North America

  • Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin
    Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin

    The Main Building is a structure at the center of the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas. The Main Building's iconic 307-foot tower has 28 floors and is one of the most recognizable symbols of the University, as well as the city....
    , Austin, Texas
    Austin, Texas

    Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Central Post Office (Ottawa)
    Central Post Office (Ottawa)

    The Central Post Office is a historic building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The building was created in 1937, replacing a Second Empire style office built in 1907....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • St. Paul's Cathedral (London, Ontario), Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Hamilton City Hall
    Hamilton City Hall

    Hamilton City Hall is located in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is an 8-storey building , located at the corner of Main Street and Bay Street , across the street from the Ron Joyce Centre for the Performing Arts and the Hamilton Art Gallery....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Old City Hall
    Old City Hall (Toronto)

    Toronto's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1899 to 1966 and remains one of the city's most prominent structures. It is at the corner of Queen and Bay Street Streets, opposite the Toronto City Hall in the centre of downtown Toronto....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Queen's Quay Terminal
    Queen's Quay Terminal

    Queen's Quay Terminal was a cold storage facility, the Toronto Terminal Warehouse, built in 1926 by Moores & Dunford and converted to a condo/mall complex in 1983 ....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Kerr Hall
    Kerr Hall

    Kerr Hall is a series of four buildings in a square forming the Ryerson Community Park, also known as the Quad, on the campus of Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada....
    , Ryerson University
    Ryerson University

    Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Canada. It has 24,000 full-time students, and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Upper Canada College
    Upper Canada College

    Upper Canada College is a Private school Elementary school and secondary school for boys in downtown Toronto, Canada. Students between Senior Kindergarten and Twelfth grade study under the International Baccalaureate program....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Hart House
    Hart House

    Hart House is a student centre at the University of Toronto's St. George Campus. It is named after Hart Massey and the money to build the centre came from the Massey family with the idea being advocated by Vincent Massey, then a student at U of T....
    , Soldiers' Tower (University of Toronto)
    Soldiers' Tower (University of Toronto)

    Soldiers' Tower commemorates the students of the University of Toronto who served during World War I. Commenced in 1919 and completed in 1924 by Henry Sproatt, the tower is a key building at the university....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Queen Street Viaduct, Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)
    Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)

    The Cathedral Church of St James in Toronto, Ontario, is the oldest congregation in the city. Established in 1797, the current structure was completed in 1844 and was one of the largest buildings in the city....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • St. Lawrence Hall
    St. Lawrence Hall

    St. Lawrence Hall is a meeting hall in Toronto, Canada next to the St. Lawrence Market. It was built, alongside the new city hall, in 1850 after an 1849 fire destroyed much of the market....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Press Building, Exhibition Place
    Exhibition Place

    Exhibition Place is a mixed-use property on the Toronto shore of Lake Ontario, a few kilometers west of the central business district. The 197–acre area features expo, trade, and banquet centres, theater and music buildings, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and national historic sites....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Fire Hall & Police Station, Exhibition Place
    Exhibition Place

    Exhibition Place is a mixed-use property on the Toronto shore of Lake Ontario, a few kilometers west of the central business district. The 197–acre area features expo, trade, and banquet centres, theater and music buildings, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and national historic sites....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station
    Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station

    File:View of south facade of Summerhill North Toronto CPR station.jpgThe North Toronto or Summerhill CPR Station is on the east side of Yonge Street in the 1100 block, just south of the more recent Summerhill in Toronto, Canada....
    , Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Toronto Fire Services
    Toronto Fire Services

    The Toronto Fire Services is part of the Emergency Services that respond to 9-1-1 in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
     Station 227, Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • former Toronto Fire Department Hose Station # 8, Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Peace Tower
    Peace Tower

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    , Parliament Hill
    Parliament Hill

    File:Model of Parliament Hill.jpgParliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario....
     Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Clock tower of the Mississauga City Hall in Mississauga, Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Gare du Palais, Quebec City
    Quebec City

    Qu?bec or Quebec, also Quebec City or Qu?bec City , is the Capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Montreal Clock Tower
    Montreal Clock Tower

    Montreal Clock Tower is located in Quai de l'Horloge, originally called the Victoria Pier, in the Old Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Place d'Armes
    Place d'Armes

    Place d'Armes is a Town square in Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The second oldest public site in Montreal, it was called Place de la Fabrique when it was first developed in 1693, at the request of the Sulpicians, then later renamed Place d'Armes in 1721 when it became the stage of various military events....
     Clock Tower, Montreal
    Montreal

    Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
    , Quebec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Vancouver City Hall
    Vancouver City Hall

    Vancouver City Hall is home to Vancouver City Council in Vancouver, British Columbia. Located at 453 West 12th Avenue, the building was ordered by the Vancouver Civic Building Committee, designed by architect Fred Townley and Matheson, and built by Carter, Halls, Aldinger and Company....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
    , Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  • Mercantile National Bank Building
    Mercantile National Bank Building

    The Mercantile National Bank Building was the former home of the Mercantile National Bank, later MCorp Bank, located at 1700 Main Street, Dallas St....
    , Dallas, Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Baker Tower at Dartmouth College
    Dartmouth College

    Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
     in Hanover, New Hampshire
    Hanover, New Hampshire

    Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,850 at the 2000 census....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • McGraw Tower at Cornell University
    Cornell University

    Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
     in Ithaca, New York
    Ithaca, New York

    The City of Ithaca sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York State, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University ? an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students ....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Samford Hall
    Samford Hall

    William J. Samford Hall is a structure on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, Alabama. It is an icon of Auburn University and houses the school's administration....
     located on the campus of Auburn University
    Auburn University

    Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, Alabama, United States With more than 24,100 students and 1,200 faculty, it is one of the largest university in the state....
     in Auburn
    Auburn, Alabama

    Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2007 population of 54,348. It is the principal city of the Auburn Metropolitan Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 130,516 which, along with the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama MSA and the Tuskegee, Alabama Microp...
    , Alabama
    Alabama

    Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Allen-Bradley
    Allen-Bradley

    Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of Factory Automation Equipment manufactured by Rockwell Automation . The company, with revenues of approximately US$4.5 1,000,000,000 in 2006, manufactures programmable automation controllers , human-machine interfaces, sensors, safety components and systems, software, drives and drive systems, co...
     Division Rockwell Automation
    Rockwell Automation

    Rockwell Automation is a global provider of industrial automation, power, control and information solutions. Brands in industrial automation include Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Software....
     Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • City Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Minnesota

    Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Saint Agnes Church St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Sather Tower
    Sather Tower

    Sather Tower is a campanile on the University of California, Berkeley campus. It is more commonly known as The Campanile due to its resemblance to the St Mark's Campanile in Venice, and serves as UC Berkeley's most recognizable symbol....
    , University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, Berkeley

    The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
    , California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Memorial Tower
    Memorial Tower

    Memorial Tower, or the Campanile as it is sometimes called, is a 175 foot clock tower in the center of Louisiana State University's campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA....
    , Louisiana State University
    Louisiana State University

    Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Clock Tower, Rome, Georgia
    Rome, Georgia

    Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Cathedral of San Agustin
    Cathedral of San Agustin

    The Cathedral of San Agustin is the seat of the Diocese of Laredo of Laredo, Texas. It is located at 214 San Bernardo Avenue in the heart of the downtown area in the San Agustin Historical District....
     bell/clock tower in Laredo, Texas
    Laredo, Texas

    Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Ferry Building
    Ferry Building

    The Ferry Building is a terminal station for ferry that travel across the San Francisco Bay and a shopping center located on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California....
    , San Francisco, California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • University of Texas Health Science Center
    University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a major and nationally recognized institute of health science education and research ....
     Clock Tower in Laredo, Texas
    Laredo, Texas

    Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...


South America
  • Tower of the University of Saint Mark
    National University of San Marcos

    The National University of San Marcos is a public university in Lima, Peru. It was chartered on May 12, 1551 by a Royal Decree signed by Charles I of Spain as the Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima , which makes it the oldest officially established university in the Americas, and as such, one of the List o...
    , Lima
    Lima

    Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chill?n River, R?mac River and Lur?n River rivers, on a coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean....
    , Peru
    Peru

    Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....


Europe
  • Clock Tower
    Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster

    Big Ben is the nickname for the great Bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The nickname is often also used to refer to the clock and the clock tower....
    , Palace of Westminster
    Palace of Westminster

    The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom meet....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
     (commonly referred to as Big Ben)
  • Spasskaya Tower
    Kremlin towers

    The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin. ...
    , Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
  • Einsiedeln Abbey
    Einsiedeln Abbey

    Einsiedeln is a Benedictine Order monastery in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, that title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  • Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science
    Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science

    The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland, the eighth List of tallest buildings in the European Union in the European Union, and the List of tallest buildings and structures in the world at 237 metres ....
    , Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Clock Tower of Saint Nicolas
    Saint Nicolas

    There are communes that have the name Saint-Nicolas in France:...
     church, Kozani
    Kozani

    Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
    , Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
  • Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, The University of Birmingham, England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  • Central railway station, Helsinki
    Helsinki Central railway station

    Helsinki Central railway station is a widely recognised landmark in central Helsinki, Finland, and the focal point of public transport in the Greater Helsinki area....
    , Helsinki
    Helsinki

    Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
  • Sibiu Evangelical Cathedral, Sibiu
    Sibiu

    Sibiu is one of the largest cities in Transylvania, Romania with a population of about 175,000. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt River....
    , Romania
    Romania

    Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
  • City Hall, Cardiff
    City Hall, Cardiff

    City Hall is a civic building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. Built of Portland stone, it became the fifth building to serve as Cardiff's centre of local government when it opened in October 1906....
    , Wales
    Wales

    native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...


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See also

  • Bell tower
    Bell tower

    A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more Bell s, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells....
  • Campanile
    Campanile

    A campanile – pronounced – is, especially in Italy, a free-standing bell tower, often adjacent to a church or cathedral....
  • Minaret
    Minaret

    Minarets are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion dome, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure....