What is "clock tower"

n. (context architecture English) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces

n. a tower with a large clock high up on an outside face

Clock towers are a specific type of building which houses a turret clock and has 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.

Clock towers are a common sight in many parts of the world with some being iconic buildings. One example is the Elizabeth Tower in London (sometimes erroneously called ' Big Ben', although this name belongs only to the bell inside the tower).

is a survival horror point-and-click adventure video game series, originally created by Human Entertainment and continued by Sunsoft and Capcom. Unlike many other survival horror games, the Clock Tower series does not focus on shooting creatures or using violence, but rather using the player's surroundings to hide and escape while solving puzzles and following the narrative.

is a survival horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Human Entertainment for the Super Famicom in 1995. It is the first installment of the long-running Clock Tower series. An enhanced port titled Clock Tower: The First Fear was developed and released for PlayStation and Windows in 1997, featuring enhanced sounds and visuals.

The story follows Jennifer Simpson as she learns the secrets of the Barrows Mansion and attempts to escape the game's antagonist, Scissorman. Much of the plot and many characters are inspired by Dario Argento's film, Phenomena, and the villain being partially inspired by Tony Maylam's film, The Burning. The game features multiple endings dependent on choices the player makes throughout the game. Clock Tower has been re-released on the WonderSwan, Wii, Wii U, PSP, and the PlayStation 3. It has never officially been released outside Japan, although several fan translations exist.

Clock Tower, released in Japan as Clock Tower 2, is a survival horror point-and-click adventure game developed by Human Entertainment and released for the PlayStation in 1996. It is the second game in the Clock Tower series after the original Clock Tower, which was released exclusively in Japan for the Super Famicom one year prior. The story takes place in Norway and follows a variety of characters as they attempt to survive the return of Scissorman and uncover the mystery of his seemingly immortal state. The scenarios encountered and endings vary widely based upon the player's actions.

Clock Tower was one of the first games developed by Human Entertainment to utilize a 3D graphics engine. The team experimented with camera angles and sound with director Hifumi Kono focusing on the game's "material" more-so than the game design. The game received mixed reviews from critics. The atmosphere and storyline were well received although most other aspects were found to be mediocre. Clock Tower's pace was found to be especially slow compared with other PlayStation games of the time, which influenced critics to recommend the game only for point-and-click adventure fans.

The Clock Tower on top of Neely Hill in Rome, Georgia is one of the oldest landmarks in the city.

The Clock Tower ( Serbian: Sahat kula, Сахат кула, Turkish: Saat Kulesi) of Podgorica, Montenegro is located at Bećir Beg Osmanagić square, in the Stara Varoš neighborhood. It's one of the very few Ottoman landmarks that survived the bombing of Podgorica in World War II.

According to Patricio Advis, the Clock Tower, together with the buildings surrounding it in the plaza (the Municipal Theater of Iquique, the building of the Workers Welfare Society of Tarapacá, the Casino Español and the Club Croata) is one of the most representative urban expressions of the "Saltpeter Period", a time which saw much foreign investment.

The Clock Tower of Bitola, known as Saat Kula (), is a clock tower and one of the landmarks of the Macedonian city Bitola. The Clock tower in Bitola, unlike obsolete water towers which were built by the Austro Magjar empire, is a very practical monument aiding people with the time of day.

According to the legends, even though the existence of the Clock Tower was mentioned before in the 1664 (17th century), present Clock Tower was built in the 1830s, in the same period when nearby, the Orthodox Church of St. Demetrious was built.

It is located in the immediate center of Bitola on the northern part of the main street Sirok Sokak not far away from Magnolia Square, about which there are numerous cultural and historical monuments, as well as new construction. The clock tower is 33 meters high, with sides of per 5.8 m. On all four sides are entrenched special metal plates mounted to the hands and inscribed Roman numbers from one to twelve. Uppermost part is a small dome, which offers a beautiful panorama of the city and the wider environment. In more recent time a conservation is made and restoration, which has not changed the original appearance of the clock tower. It was built of massive stone blocks. The main and also most decorative part of the Clock Tower is the part where you set the clock. The entrance to the clock tower encircled by large marble blocks is located on the north side and about a hundred stairs leads to the clock, to its peak of approximately 32 m. These steps lead to the top where in the past the big metal bells stood indicating the time. In 1927 there was set the first clock mechanism developed by the German company Konfage. Those required to ring the bells were replaced with so called sajdzhii (clock keepers) who were responsible for maintaining the clock and the clock mechanism. First there was a white clock face with black numbers and hands, and was smaller than the present. This clock mechanism was replaced in 1936. When they were placed 15 new bells, heavy 900 kg - a sign of gratitude for the construction of the Memorial Cemetery of German soldiers killed in the First World War. In 1962 the mechanism was restored, and in 1970 there was placed a keyboard mechanism to play new songs. The Clock Tower is one of the 180 towers in the world which has embedded such mechanism.