List of octagonal buildings and structures

The oldest known octagon-shaped building[citation needed] is the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, which was constructed circa 300 B.C.

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.

At least 19 historic octagon houses are known to exist in Canada distributed across 4 eastern provinces.

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.

Plan of the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
The Tower of the Winds in Athens
Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel in Aachen
Dverberg Church with memorial for fishermen who lost their lives at sea
View of the Octagonal Tower at the Alcazar in Jerez
Wells Cathedral plan, showing the octagonal chapter house (top)