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[[File:The Leaning Tower of Pisa SB.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|The [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]], Italy, an iconic leaning tower]]

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 of Pisa|Leaning Tower]] in [[Pisa]], Italy.

According to economics reporter, Eric Lach, as he was reporting on the [[1 Seaport]] building in 2025, "leaning towers are one of those problems . . . that modern societies think they've solved, or surpassed, despite all the evidence to the contrary".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lach|first=Eric|title=The New Yorker Daily|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=February 5, 2025}} (daily newsletter)</ref>

==Asia==
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 | caption1 = [[Giant Wild Goose Pagoda]], [[Xi'an]], China
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 | caption2 = [[Huzhu Pagoda]], Tianma Mtn, China
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===China===
* The [[Giant Wild Goose Pagoda]] of [[Xi'an]]
* The [[Huzhu Pagoda]] of Tianma Mountain near [[Shanghai]]
* The [[Huqiu Tower]] in [[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou]], [[Jiangsu]]
* The deliberately tilted Iron Tower of [[Yuquan Temple (Dangyang)|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]]
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 | caption2 = [[The Leaning Temple of Huma]], Sambalpur, India
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===Iraq===
* The 12th century [[Great Mosque of al-Nuri, Mosul|Great Mosque of al-Nuri]] in [[Mosul]], destroyed in 2017, reconstructed in 2025
[[File:Hadba1932.jpg|thumb|220px|The 12th century Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq in 1932]]

===Malaysia===
* The [[Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan]], a water/clock tower located in [[Teluk Intan]], [[Hilir Perak District]], [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]].
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===Philippines===
* [[Bombon, Camarines Sur|Bombon]] Parish Church Bell Tower

===Sri Lanka===
* [[Altair (building)|Altair]], twin skyscraper complex in [[Colombo]]
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===UAE===
* [[Capital Gate]], skyscraper in [[Abu Dhabi]]
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==Europe==
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 | caption1 = [[Belfry of Bruges]], Belgium
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 | caption2 = Panny Marie Church Tower, [[Ústí nad Labem]], Czech Republic
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===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 [[Doly (Karviná)|Karviná]]
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 | caption2 = ''La tour penchée'', [[Oye-Plage]], [[Pas-de-Calais]], France
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===Estonia===
* [[:et:Karksi kirik|Karski Church]] {{in lang|et}} in [[Karksi-Nuia]]
* [[Kiipsaare Lighthouse]] in [[Saaremaa]]

===France===
* ''La tour penchée'', [[Oye-Plage]], [[Pas-de-Calais]]

===Germany===
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| caption1 = [[Gau-Weinheim|Tower of Gau-Weinheim]], Germany
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| caption1 = [[Leaning Tower of Suurhusen|Tower of Suurhusen]], Germany
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| caption2 = [[Oberkirche (Bad Frankenhausen)|Oberkirche]], [[Bad Frankenhausen]], Germany
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* [[Oberkirche (Bad Frankenhausen)|Oberkirche]] in [[Bad Frankenhausen]]
* The ''Metzgerturm''<ref>{{cite web | title=Metzgerturm|language=de | website=Kreisbildstelle Illertissen| url=http://www.kreisbildstelle-illertissen.de/metz.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020401043224/http://www.kreisbildstelle-illertissen.de/metz.htm | archive-date=1 April 2002 | url-status=dead | ref={{sfnref | kreisbildstelle-illertissen.de | 2002}}}}</ref> in [[Ulm]]
* The ''[[Neuer Zollhof]]'' in [[Düsseldorf]]
* The ''Reichenturm'' in [[Bautzen]]
* Bell tower of {{ill|Midlum (Rheiderland)|de}}
* The Leaning Tower of [[Gau-Weinheim]] (lean 5.4277° on 15 July 2022,<ref>{{cite web| last=Gottschlich | first=Erwin | title=Der Schiefer Turm von Gau-Weinheim| website=Gau-Weinheim.de| url=https://www.gau-weinheim.de/geschichte/gemeindeturm.html|language=de | access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref> 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<ref name=guinness>{{cite web | title=Farthest leaning church tower | website=Guinness World Records | date=17 January 2007 | url=https://guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/farthest-leaning-tower}}</ref>
* The Leaning Tower of [[Dausenau]] (''Schiefer Turm von Dausenau'') (slightly further leaning than the [[Leaning Tower of Suurhusen|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#Main sights|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===
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* The [[Irish round tower|Round Tower]] of [[Kilmacduagh monastery|Kilmacduagh Monastery]] in [[Gort]], County Galway
* Bastioned fort, [[Passage East]], County Waterford.

===Italy===
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 | caption2 = [[Torre delle Milizie]], Rome, Italy
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* The {{ill|campanile of Duomo di Caorle|it|campanile del Duomo di Caorle}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Il Duomo e il campanile |website=Caorle Portale Turistico |access-date=11 September 2022 |url= https://www.caorle.eu/it/scopri/le-10-attrazioni-top-di-caorle/il-duomo-e-il-campanile |language=it }}</ref>
* Bellisario's Tower (Cerreto D'Esi, Ancona)
* The campanile (bell tower) of the [[Duomo di Pisa|Cathedral of Pisa]] (known as the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]]), [[Pisa]]
* The campanile of Duomo di Portogruaro<ref>{{cite journal | author=Zonta, Daniele | author2=Pozzi, Matteo | title=The remarkable story of Portogruaro Civic Tower's probabilistic health monitoring|date=December 2015 | journal=Structural Monitoring and Maintenance| volume=2 | issue=4 | doi=10.12989/SMM.2015.2.4.301|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291810443| pages=301–318}}</ref>
* The campanile of [[San Giorgio dei Greci]] in [[Venice]]
* The campanile of [[San Martino, Burano|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)|San Nicola]], Pisa
* The Arengo tower of [[Palazzo del Podestà, Bologna|Palazzo del Podestà]], Bologna
* The campanile of [[Santo Stefano, Venice|Santo Stefano]] in [[Venice]]
* [[Torre delle Milizie]], Rome
* The [[Two Towers, Bologna|Two Towers]] (Asinelli and Garisenda towers in [[Bologna]])
* The San Benedetto church and bell tower, Ferrera<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net./|title=ResearchGate {{!}} Find and share research|website=[[ResearchGate]]|access-date=2 December 2023}}{{shallow reference inline|date=November 2025}}</ref>
* The campanile of the parish church in [[Barbian]], South Tyrol<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.klausen.it/en/enjoyment-region/barbian/sights/leaning-tower-of-barbian.html | title=The leaning tower of Barbian }}</ref>

===Netherlands===
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* The tower of the [[St. Walfriduskerk]] in [[Bedum]]
* The tower of the [[Oude Kerk (Delft)|Oude Kerk]] in [[Delft]]
* The tower of the [[Grote Kerk, Dordrecht|Grote Kerk]] of [[Dordrecht]]
* The [[Oldehove (tower)|Oldehove]] in [[Leeuwarden]]
* The tower in [[Miedum]]
* The [[Martinitoren]] in [[Groningen (city)|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]]

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 | caption1 = [[:mk:Саат-кула (Прилеп)|Clock Tower]], [[Prilep]], Northern Macedonia
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 | caption2 = The [[Leaning Tower of Toruń|Krzywa Wieża]], [[Toruń]], Poland
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===North Macedonia===
* [[:mk:Саат-кула (Прилеп)|Clock Tower]] in [[Prilep]] in [[North Macedonia]]

===Poland===
* The [[Leaning Tower of Toruń|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

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 | caption1 = [[Söyembikä Tower]], [[Kazan]], [[Tatarstan]], Russia
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 | caption2 = The Clock Tower on [[SNP Square (Banská Bystrica)|SNP Square]], [[Banská Bystrica]], Slovakia
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===Russia===
* The [[Leaning Tower of Nevyansk|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, Moscow|Church of All Saints]] in Moscow

===Serbia===
* Church of St. Anthony of Padua in [[Zvezdara]] municipality, [[Belgrade]]

===Slovakia===
* The tower of the [[:sk:Kostol svätého Martina (Vrbové)|Church of Saint Martin]] in [[Vrbové]] in Slovakia is known as the "Slovak Pisa".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milujemcestovanie.sk/vrbove/|title=Vrbové - slovenská Pisa a rodisko kráľa Madagaskaru|date=February 14, 2016}}</ref>
* The [[:sk:Kostol svätého Juraja (Spišská Sobota)|Church of Saint George]] in [[Spišská Sobota]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cas.sk/spravy/domace-spravy/sikmu-vezu-maju-aj-v-poprade-prezrela-si-ju-i-kralovna-alzbeta-ii|title=Šikmú vežu majú aj v Poprade! Prezrela si ju i kráľovná Alžbeta II.|date=August 2, 2012|website=Nový Čas}}</ref>
* The Clock Tower on [[SNP Square (Banská Bystrica)|SNP Square]] in [[Banská Bystrica]]

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 | caption1 = [[Gate of Europe]], [[Madrid]], Spain
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 | caption2 = Mudéjar Tower, [[San Pedro del los Francos, Catalayud]], Aragon, Spain
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===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.<ref>Pictures of the tower: https://www.alamy.de/fotos-bilder/der-schiefe-turm-von-zaragoza.html?sortBy=relevant, April 29, 2025</ref>
* [[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.

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 | caption1 = [[Great Lavra Bell Tower|Belltower of Great Lavra]], [[Kyiv]], Ukraine
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 | caption2 = [[Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast|Albert Clock]], [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]], UK
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===Ukraine===
* [[Great Lavra Bell Tower|Belltower of Great Lavra]] in [[Kyiv]]
* Belltower of [[St. Lawrence's Church, Zhovkva|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, Belfast|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]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/chesterfield-crooked-spire-c1747.html |title=Chesterfield Crooked Spire|date=5 October 2020|website= Peak District Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416011143/http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/chesterfield-crooked-spire-c1747.html |archive-date=2016-04-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[Buildings in King's Lynn#Greyfriars Tower|Greyfriars Tower]] in [[King's Lynn]]
* The tower of [[St Clement's Church, Sutton-on-Sea|St Clement's Church]] in [[Sutton-on-Sea]], [[Lincolnshire]], England

==North America==
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 | caption2 = [[Puerto Morelos Lighthouse]], [[Riviera Maya]], Mexico
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===Canada===
* The [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] Tower, the tallest deliberately leaning tower, [[Montréal]], [[Québec]]
* The Saint-Léonard Tower (and associated public market), [[Saint-Leonard, Quebec|Saint-Léonard]], [[Québec]]<ref>[http://colombaniarchitecte.free.fr/web/photos/commercial/projet_02.htm Columbani Architecte] (in French)</ref> (demolished)

===Mexico===
* [[Puerto Morelos Lighthouse]] of 1946 on [[Riviera Maya]] in the state of [[Quintana Roo]], leaning since 1967

===United States===
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 | caption2 = [[Leaning Tower of Britten]], [[Groom, Texas]]
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* 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 [[Patchogue (LIRR station)#PD Tower|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.
* [[161 Maiden Lane]] under construction in New York City
* The [[Millennium Tower (San Francisco)|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 (The Leaning Tower of South Padre Island)]], 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
* Haskell Road house, a house in Nevada City, CA with unusual foundation settling and/or compromised shear design.

==Oceania==
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 | caption1 = Leaning Tower, [[Gravity Discovery Centre]], [[Gingin]], Australia
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 | caption2 = Leaning Tower, [[Puzzling World]], [[Wānaka]], New Zealand
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===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|2011 Christchurch Earthquake]])
* The Leaning Tower of Wanaka at the [[Puzzling World]] in [[Wānaka]]
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==See also==
{{portal|Architecture}}
*[[Inclined building]]
*[[Inclined tower]]
* [[Crooked spire]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.china.org.cn/english/2003/Apr/62115.htm Leaning Towers of China]

[[Category:Inclined towers|*]]
[[Category:Lists of towers|Leaning]]