Clock tower

Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another building.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: tower with a large clock that can be read from afar
  • Also known as: “clock tower”, “clocktower”, and “Tour de l’Horloge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include War memorial of Fontès and Noria.

Memorial
Photo: Castanet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historic site
Photo: Falconaumanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A is a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into a small , either for the purpose of irrigation or to supply water to cities and villages. is situated 2 km southwest of Clock tower.

Church
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 4 km south of Clock tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pézenas.

Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southern .

Clock tower

Latitude
43.54005° or 43° 32′ 24″ north
Longitude
3.38° or 3° 22′ 48″ east
Levels
4
Open location code
8FM5G9RH+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1233592023
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q853854
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Clock tower” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kulla e orës”
  • Albanian: “Kulla e sahatit”
  • Arabic: “برج الساعة”
  • Arabic: “برج ساعة”
  • Arabic: “ساعة برج”
  • Armenian: “ժամաշտարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “saat qülləsi”
  • Belarusian: “гадзіньнікавая вежа”
  • Bosnian: “sahat-kula”
  • Bulgarian: “Саат кула”
  • Bulgarian: “часовникова кула”
  • Bulgarian: “Часовникова кула”
  • Burmese: “နာရီစင်”
  • Catalan: “rellotge de torre”
  • Catalan: “Rellotge de torre”
  • Chinese: “時鐘樓”
  • Chinese: “西式鐘樓”
  • Chinese: “西式钟楼”
  • Chinese: “鐘塔”
  • Chinese: “鐘樓”
  • Chinese: “钟楼 (西式)”
  • Chinese: “钟楼”
  • Cornish: “tour klock”
  • Czech: “hodinová věž”
  • Czech: “Hodinová věž”
  • Danish: “klokketårn”
  • Dutch: “klokkentoren”
  • Dutch: “Klokkentoren”
  • Dutch: “klokketoren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج الساعه”
  • Esperanto: “Horloĝa turo”
  • Esperanto: “horloĝturo”
  • Estonian: “kellatorn”
  • Finnish: “kellotorni”
  • Finnish: “Kellotorni”
  • French: “tour de l’Horloge”
  • French: “tour horloge”
  • French: “Tour horloge”
  • French: “tour-horloge”
  • Galician: “torre de reloxo”
  • German: “Stundturm”
  • German: “Uhrenturm”
  • German: “Uhrturm”
  • Gilaki: “ساعت ٚ بۊرج”
  • Greek: “πύργος ρολογιού”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל שעון”
  • Hungarian: “óratorony”
  • Hungarian: “Óratorony”
  • Indonesian: “menara jam”
  • Indonesian: “Menara jam”
  • Italian: “torre dell’orologio”
  • Italian: “Torre dell’orologio”
  • Japanese: “とけいだい”
  • Japanese: “とけいとう”
  • Japanese: “時計台”
  • Japanese: “時計塔”
  • Korean: “시계탑”
  • Latvian: “pulksteān tornis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurantai”
  • Lithuanian: “Laikrodžio bokštas”
  • Macedonian: “саат-кула”
  • Macedonian: “Саат-кула”
  • Malay: “menara jam”
  • Malay: “Menara jam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “klokketårn”
  • Persian: “برج ساعت”
  • Polish: “wieża zegarowa”
  • Polish: “zegarnica”
  • Portuguese: “torre do relógio”
  • Portuguese: “Torre do relógio”
  • Romanian: “turn cu ceas”
  • Romanian: “Turn cu ceas”
  • Russian: “Высочайшие часовые башни”
  • Russian: “часовая башня”
  • Serbian: “sahat-kula”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “sat-kula”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “toranj sa satom”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Toranj sa satom”
  • Shan: “ၶၢဝ်ႈၼႃႇရီႇ”
  • Shan: “ၶၢဝ်ႈယၢမ်းမူင်း”
  • Shan: “​​ႁေႃယၢမ်းမူင်း”
  • Sindhi: “گهنٽا گهر”
  • Slovenian: “urni stolp”
  • Spanish: “reloj de torre”
  • Spanish: “torre de reloj”
  • Spanish: “Torre de reloj”
  • Spanish: “torre del reloj”
  • Swedish: “klocktorn”
  • Tamil: “மணிக்கூட்டுக் கோபுரம்”
  • Tamil: “மணிக்கூண்டு”
  • Tatar: “сәгать манарасы”
  • Telugu: “గడియార స్తంభం”
  • Thai: “หอนาฬิกา”
  • Turkish: “saat kulesi”
  • Turkish: “Saat kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “годинникова вежа”
  • Ukrainian: “Годинникова вежа”
  • Upper Sorbian: “časnikowa wěža”
  • Urdu: “گھنٹہ گھر”
  • Vietnamese: “tháp đồng hồ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp đồng hồ”
  • Welsh: “clocdwr”
  • Welsh: “twr cloc”
  • Welsh: “tŵr cloc”
  • Western Panjabi: “گھینٹھا گھر”
  • Yue Chinese: “鐘樓”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fontès and Mairie de Fontès.

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