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List of octagonal buildings and structures

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Plan of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
The Tower of the Winds in Athens

Octagon buildings and structures are characterized by an octagonal plan form, whether a perfect geometric octagon or a regular eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides.

The oldest known octagon-shaped building[citation needed] is the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, which was constructed circa 300 B.C. Octagon houses were popularized in the United States in the mid-19th century and there are too many to list here, see instead List of octagon houses. There are also octagonal houses built in other times and cultures.

Below is a list of octagonal buildings and structures worldwide, excluding houses and windmills.

Australia

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Canada

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Huron Historic Gaol

At least 19 historic octagon houses are known to exist in Canada distributed across 4 eastern provinces.[1] For a list of these houses, See: List of octagon houses. In Canada, the octagon house craze also engendered an octagonal deadhouse phenomenon. This included octagonal deadhouses, pre-burial edifices, built in the mid to late 1800s along Yonge Street in south-central Ontario, from just north of Toronto to Aurora.

China

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Egypt

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Ethiopia

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Germany

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Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen

Greece

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Hungary

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India

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Iran

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Palestine

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Italy

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Japan

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New Zealand

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  • The Octagon, the former Trinity Congregational Church in Christchurch, New Zealand

Norway

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Dverberg Church with memorial for fishermen who lost their lives at sea

Portugal

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  • Convent of Christ (Tomar, Portugal), 12th-15th Century. The adjacent chapel is only one of two octagonal chapels in the world. The other is in Jerusalem.
  • Charola, Portuguese Info on the Chapel of the Convent of Christ.

Singapore

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Spain

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View of the Octagonal Tower at the Alcazar in Jerez

Sri Lanka

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Sweden

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United Kingdom

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Wells Cathedral plan, showing the octagonal chapter house (top)

United States

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kline, Robert V. "Inventory of Older Octagon, Hexagon, and Round Houses". rvkline. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  2. ^ Ousby, Ian, Blue Guide: England, 11th ed. 1995, various pages, London: A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3874-5; New York: WW Norton ISBN 0-393-31340-9