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A designed twist in the spire of old western town gate of
Duderstadt in Germany
An unintended crooked spire on
St Mary's Church in England
A
crooked spire , (also known as a twisted spire ) is a tower that, through accident or design, contains a twist or does not point perfectly straight upwards. There are about a hundred bell towers of this type in Europe.
Austria
Alpbach ,
Tyrol - Saint Oswald
Bad Ischl ,
Upper Austria - Saint Nicholas
Mayrhofen ,
Tyrol - church
Oetz ,
Imst - Saints George & Nicholas
Virgen ,
Lienz - church
Wagrain ,
St. Johann im Pongau District - Saint Rupert
Zell am Ziller ,
Schwaz - Saint Guy
Belgium
Baelen ,
Liège - Saint Paul
Herve ,
Liège Province - Saint John the Baptist
Jalhay ,
Liège Province - Saint Michael
Jodoigne ,
Walloon Brabant - Chapel of Notre Dame du Marche
Lierneux ,
Liège Province - church
Limbourg ,
Liège Province - Saint Lambert
Leernes ,
Hainaut Province - Saint Martin
Marchin ,
Liège Province - parish church
Polleur,
Theux - Saint Jacques
Roosdaal ,
Flemish Brabant - xiiie siècle
Sart-lez-Spa ,
Jalhay - Saint Lambert
Verlaine ,
Liège Province - Saint Remy
Canada
Clarke's Head, Newfoundland and Labrador - Christ Church
Denmark
Copenhagen -
Stock Exchange
Copenhagen -
Church of Our Saviour
England
Barnstaple ,
Devon -
St. Peter's church
Chesterfield ,
Derbyshire -
Church of St Mary and All Saints
Cleobury Mortimer , Shropshire -
St Mary's Church
Clitheroe , Lancashire -
Church of St Mary Magdalene
Ermington, Devon - Church of St Peter and St Paul
[1]
Ewhurst Green , East Sussex - St James's Church
Hadleigh, Suffolk -
Church of St Mary
France
Aignay-le-Duc ,
Côte-d'Or - Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Angiens ,
Seine-Maritime - church
Attignat ,
Ain - Saint Loup
Aubigny-sur-Nère ,
Cher - tower
Auppegard ,
Seine-Maritime - Church of St. Pierre
Auxonne ,
Côte-d'Or - Notre Dame
Barran ,
Gers - College of St Jean Baptiste
Boësses ,
Loiret - church
Boulancourt ,
Seine-et-Marne - Saint Denis
Bourges ,
Cher - Bell tower
Breuvannes-en-Bassigny ,
Haute-Marne - Saint George
Bures-en-Bray ,
Seine-Maritime - Saint Aignan
Ceyzériat ,
Ain - Saint Laurent
Châteauroux ,
Indre - Lucarne
Cheffes ,
Maine-et-Loire - church
Chemiré-sur-Sarthe ,
Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Jacques
Courcelles-Chaussy ,
Lorraine - Tower
Coussay-les-Bois ,
Vienne - Saint Martin
Dinéault ,
Finistère - Arrow tower
Distré ,
Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Julien
Dohis ,
Aisne - church of the Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
Drancy ,
Seine-Saint-Denis - tower
Échirolles ,
Isère - construction on a building
Étréaupont ,
Aisne - Saint Martin
Étoges ,
Marne - church
Fontaine-Guérin ,
Maine-et-Loire - Church of St Martin
Fougere ,
Maine-et-Loire - Saint Etienne
Gigny ,
Yonne - Saint Leger
Hectomare ,
Eure - Saint Taurin
Houville-la-Branche ,
Eure-et-Loir - church
Jarzé ,
Maine-et-Loire - Saint Cyr et Sainte Julitte
Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert ,
Dordogne - Saint Etienne
Labergement-lès-Seurre ,
Côte-d'Or - church
La Tour-d'Auvergne ,
Auvergne - Saint Pardoux
Le Vieil-Baugé ,
Maine-et-Loire - Saint-Symphorien church
Les Grands-Chézeaux ,
Haute-Vienne - Lantern on a roof of a house
Malville ,
Loire-Atlantique - tower
Marçon ,
Pays de la Loire - Church of Notre Dame
Mervans ,
Saône-et-Loire - Saint-Maurice
Meslay-du-Maine ,
Mayenne - Saint Pierre
Mouliherne ,
Maine-et-Loire - Saint Germaine
Naillat ,
Limousin - Saint Medard
Niedermorschwihr ,
Haut-Rhin - Saint Gall and Saint Weldelin
Nogent-sur-Vernisson ,
Loiret - construction on a house
Nohant-en-Graçay ,
Cher - Saint Martin
Offranville ,
Seine-Maritime - Church of St.Ouen
Orléans ,
Loiret - Lantern roof on a house
Payzac ,
Dordogne - Church of the Transfigeration
Plougrescant ,
Brittany - Saint Gonery
Pontigné ,
Maine-et-Loire - St Denis
Puiseaux ,
Loiret - Notre Dame
Québriac ,
Ille-et-Vilaine - Saint Pierre
Reugny ,
Indre-et-Loire - Saint Medard
Rochechouart ,
Haute-Vienne - Saint Saviours
Rodelle ,
Aveyron - Church of Lagnac
Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon ,
Eure - Saint Germain
Saint-Bonnet-de-Four , l'
Allier - Saint Bonnet
Saint-Côme-d'Olt ,
Aveyron - Saint Come
Saint-Outrille ,
Cher - College of Saint-Austrégésile de Saint-Outrille
Saint-Côme-d'Olt ,
Aveyron - Church of Saint-Côme-d'Olt
Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes ,
Deux-Sèvres - church
Saint-Viâtre ,
Loir-et-Cher - Saint Viatre
Saumur ,
Maine-et-Loire - Saint Pierre
Sérignac-sur-Garonne ,
Lot-et-Garonne - Notre Dame
Treignac ,
Corrèze - Chapel of Notre Dame de la Paix
Troyes ,
Aube - Saint Remy
Verchin ,
Pas-de-Calais - St Omer church
Vézelise ,
Meurthe-et-Moselle - Saint Côme et Damien
Vieil-Baugé,
Maine-et-Loire - church
Vitteaux ,
Côte-d'Or - Saint Germain
Germany
Ballstädt ,
Gotha (district) - church
Barntrup ,
North Rhine-Westphalia - church
Breidenbach ,
Hesse -
Burgwedel ,
Lower Saxony - Saint Pierre
Delbrück ,
North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Duderstadt ,
Lower Saxony - Town gatehouse
Düsseldorf ,
North Rhine-Westphalia - St Lambertus
Grötzingen ,
Karlsruhe - Evangelical church
Hardthausen am Kocher ,
Baden-Wuerttemberg - Protestant Church Gochsen
Hattingen ,
North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint-Georges
Kaisersesch ,
Rhineland-Palatinate - Saint Pancrase
Lage ,
Lippe - Saint Peter & Saint Paul
Lemgo ,
Lippe - Saint Nicholas
Lüneburg ,
Lower Saxony -
St John's Church
Mayen ,
Rhineland-Palatinate - Church of St Clemens
Mülheim ,
North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint Pierre
Münzenberg ,
Hesse - church
Neuwied ,
Rhineland-Palatinate - Sainte Marguerite
Northeim ,
Lower Saxony - Saint Sixt
Oberwesel ,
Rhineland-Palatinate - Notre Dame
Ochsenfurt ,
Lower Franconia - Maria Schnee
Porta Westfalica ,
Minden-Lübbecke - church
Sandstedt ,
Lower Saxony - Saint Jean
Stolzenau ,
Lower Saxony - Saint Jacques
Uslar ,
Lower Saxony - Saint Jean
Italy
Rome -
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
Scotland
Cupar ,
Fife - Church of Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit
Inverness , - Town Steeple
Switzerland
Davos ,
Canton of Grisons - Saint Johann
Muttenz ,
Basel-Landschaft -
Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
Payerne ,
Canton of Vaud -
Payerne Priory
Stein am Rhein ,
Canton of Schaffhausen - St. George
United States of America
Other crooked or twisted spires
Hobsons Brewery, Worcestershire, produces a beer named "Twisted Spire".
[2]
Spire Brewery is named for Chesterfield's landmark twisted spire.
"Crooked Spire" Pubs exist at Chesterfield
[3] and Ermington
[4]
Architects have been inspired to create twisted buildings such as the
Turning Torso
See also
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