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-[[File:' THE ICON OF MANILA ' - City Hall Tower of Manila.jpg|thumb|right|120px|The clock tower of Manila City Hall.]]
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-[[File:Baliuagjf1656 01.JPG|thumb|right|120px|The Baliwag clock tower in [[Baliwag]], Bulacan]]
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-'''Clock towers in the Philippines''' are [[clock tower]]s that can be found in the [[Philippines]]. The purposes of these Philippine "towering timepieces" are to tell the time and to serve as [[landmark]]s.
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-==Manila City Hall clock tower==
-The clock tower of the [[Manila City Hall]] is an iconic trademark of Manila and of its [[city hall]]. The clock tower was unveiled in 1930.<ref name=CNN>{{cite web|title=A famous landmark: The Manila City Hall|url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-507093|publisher=CNN iReport|accessdate=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231708/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-507093|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Being the largest clock tower in the Philippines, the hexagonal shaped tower has one red-faced clock placed on its three facets. In the evenings, the clock tower of the City Hall of Manila is kept illuminated by light. The bell of the clock tower is rung three times before being followed by a melody.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manila City Hall|url=http://arkitektura.ph/buildings/manila-city-hall#.UpQL18ROStt|publisher=ARKITEKTURA.PH|accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> The bells that are located within the tower makes a sound to mark the break time of Manila City Hall employees. The bells ring again at the closing of business day. During the Christmas season in the Philippines, the clock tower is programmed to play Christmas carols that can be heard outside the confines of the building of Manila City Hall.<ref name=CNN/> Although monitored regularly for synchronization, there were times that the four clocks of the Manila City Hall clock tower would each show different times.<ref>{{cite web|last=Flores|first=Helen|title=Phl Standard Time starts today|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/06/01/948744/phl-standard-time-starts-today|publisher=The Philippine Star (June 1, 2013)|accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
-==Baliwag clock tower==
-The Clock Tower of Baliwag is located in [[Baliwag]], Bulacan. As a self-supporting tower, it stands three stories high.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clock Tower of Baliuag|url=http://www.vistapinas.com/article/clock-tower-of-baliuag|publisher=vistapinas|accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>
-==San Agustin Church clock tower==
-The clock tower of [[San Agustin Church, Manila|San Agustin Church]] in [[Intramuros]], [[Manila]] is connected to a [[church building]] that has a "low-arched Spanish Renaissance type" architectural design because of the occurrence of earthquakes in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asia and the Americas, Volume 21 (1921)|year = 1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QpZAAAAYAAJ&q=Quiapo+Church+clock+tower&pg=PA1031|accessdate=27 November 2013}}, page 1031.</ref>
-==Quiapo Church clock tower==
-[[File:QUIAPO CHURCH.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Clock tower of the Quiapo Church in Quiapo, Manila.]]
-The [[Quiapo Church]], also known as Saint John the Baptist Church and as the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, has its own clock tower.
-==See also==
-*[[List of clock towers]]
-*[[List of leaning towers]]
-==References==
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-==External links==
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-*[http://journals.worldnomads.com/bear/photo/20179/584766/Philippines/clock-tower-2#axzz2liO4VxfM A photograph of a clock tower in Bohol, Philippines]
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