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Zimmer tower

Belgium

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Zimmer tower (Zimmertoren) is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city fortifications. In 1930, astronomer and clockmaker Louis Zimmer (1888–1970) built the Jubilee (or Centenary) Clock, which is displayed on the front of the tower, and consists of 12 clocks encircling a central one with 57 dials. These clocks showed time on all continents, phases of the Moon, times of tides and many other periodic phenomena. In 1980 the tower became a state-protected monument.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More tall towers in Belgium

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  2. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Tower302 m
  3. Old Town Hall, Lo m
  4. Belfry of Ghent m
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