🗼 Watchtowers of the World

These are notable watchtowers — towers kept specifically for seeing far, raised to give early warning of pirates, raiders and border armies or to light the first alarm of a wildfire, from coastal towers of the Mediterranean to the frontier lookouts of mountain ranges. Each profile shows where the tower stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

45 watchtowers from 16 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any watchtower for its full profile.

Americas (1) Asia (10) Europe (34)

Americas (1 watchtowers)

Asia (10 watchtowers)

Europe (34 watchtowers)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.