Peace Tower, Gothic bell tower on Parliament Hill, Canada
The Peace Tower rises 92 meters above Parliament Hill with four clock faces and contains 53 bells weighing a total of 54 tonnes.
The tower construction started in 1917 as a memorial for World War I soldiers and replaced the Victoria Tower that burned down in 1916.
The Memorial Chamber inside the tower displays Books of Remembrance listing over 118,000 Canadian service members who died in military conflicts.
Free admission tickets for tower visits are distributed at 90 Wellington Street in Ottawa, with guided tours available throughout the day.
The clock mechanism was gifted by the United Kingdom in 1927 to mark the 60th anniversary of Canadian Confederation.
Location: Ottawa
Inception: 1920
Architects: Jean-Omer Marchand, John A. Pearson
Architectural style: English Gothic architecture
GPS coordinates: 45.42490,-75.69990
Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:45
Clock towers combine technical precision with architectural styles from different periods and cultures. These highly visible structures stand in city centers, university campuses and historic squares, where they structure public life. The collection includes varied examples: the 315 foot (96 meter) neo-Gothic bell tower at Westminster Palace in London, the 1,970 foot (601 meter) Royal Clock Tower in Mecca, the Spasskaya Tower on Red Square in Moscow, the 279 foot (85 meter) neo-Gothic Rajabai Tower in Mumbai, the medieval astronomical clock at Old Town Hall in Prague, the 13th century Zytglogge in Bern, the Giralda in Seville (originally an Almohad minaret), the 548 foot (167 meter) Philadelphia City Hall tower, the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the 308 foot (94 meter) Sather Tower at the University of California Berkeley, the Zimmer Tower in Lier, the Custom House Tower in Boston, the Mughal era Ghanta Ghar in Lahore, the Union Station clock tower in Waterbury, the Renaissance clock tower on St. Mark's Square in Venice, the Jam Gadang in Bukittinggi and the Jaffa Clock Tower in Tel Aviv. Many of these towers serve as urban landmarks and connect historic architecture with practical function. They frequently offer elevated viewpoints and display remarkable mechanical achievements in timekeeping.
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