Kandy Clock Tower
Sri Lanka
The 186th tallest tower in the world
The Kandy Clock Tower (Sinhala: මහනුවර ඔරලෝසු කණුව) is located in the centre of Kandy, Sri Lanka, on the intersections of Sri Dalada Veediya, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Mawatha and Hiragedara Mawatha. A landmark of the city, the clock tower was built near to the Ismail Building in 1950 by Haji Mohamed Ismail as a monument and in memory of his son Mohamed Zacky Ismail, who lost his life in an accident in Kadugannawa in August, 1947.
Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).