Tag:building=clock_tower

building = clock_tower
Description
Clock towers are very high towers, visible from its surroundings, usually in central parts of town and squares, housing a turret clock with one or more clock faces, most often four. They are freestanding structures, but can also be adjoined or located on top of another building.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
Implies
area=yes
Useful combination
name=* historic=yes height=*
Status: proposed
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Clock tower. Clock towers are a specific type of structure. They are usually built as very high towers, located on places that are visible from its surroundings, usually in central parts of town and squares, and are capable to house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls, most often four. Many clock towers are freestanding structures, but they can also be adjoined or located on top of another building.

See also bell tower and tower:type=bell_tower for the established feature tag.

How to map

Set a node or draw as an area along the outline and tag it with

• building=clock_tower - if tower is a building
• man_made=clock_tower

Alternatively

• man_made=tower or building=tower
• tower:type=clock

Tags used in combination

• name=*
• building:material=* - brick, limestone etc.
• historic=yes - the tower is of historic value
• heritage=* - the tower is protected by a heritage organization
• height=12 - it is 12 meters high

State

You can use the tag building:condition=State to indicate the state of medieval towers.

And/or, if applicable, you can use the tag ruins=yes.

Rendering suggestions

• suggested by User:Santasa

Examples of freestanding clock towers

building=clock_tower + building:material=* + building:architecture=* + building:condition=* + historic=tower + historic:civilization=* + historic:period=*

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Examples of clock towers adjoined to another building or located on top of it

building=clock_tower + building:material=* + building:condition=* + historic:period=* + building:architecture=*

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Examples of ancient clock towers

building=clock_tower + building:material=* + historic=tower + historic:civilization=* + building:condition=* + historic:period=*

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Examples of medieval clock towers

building=clock_tower + building:material=* + historic=tower + historic:civilization=* + building:condition=* + historic:period=* + building:architecture=*

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Examples of modern clock towers

building=clock_tower + building:material=*

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Examples of Ottoman clock towers

building=clock_tower + building:material=* + historic:period=ottoman + building:architecture=ottoman + building:condition=*

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Examples of European

building=clock_tower + building:material=* + historic:period=* + building:architecture=*

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Examples in Asia

building=clock_tower + historic:period=* + building:architecture=* + building:material=* + building:condition=*

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Similar tags

• building=bell_tower
• man_made=tower + tower:type=bell_tower
• man_made=tower + tower:type=observation
• man_made=tower + tower:type=watchtower
• historic=city_gate
• defensive_works=*