Editing Folly (section)

==Examples==
{{See also|Category:Folly buildings}}
[[File:Roman ruin Schoenbrunn Sept 2007 panoramic.jpg|thumb|Roman ruin, [[Schönbrunn Palace|Schönbrunn]], Austria]]
[[File:Small Gloriette - Sch%C3%B6nbrunn Palace.jpg|thumb|Small [[Gloriette]] of Schönbrunn Palace]]

Follies are found worldwide, but they are particularly abundant in [[Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Menzies|first1=Dean|title=Folly|url=https://www.hansagarten24.de/english/folly/|publisher=Hansagarten24|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>

===Australia===
* [[Eastlink hotel]], in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]

===Austria===
* Roman ruin and [[gloriette]]s, in the park of [[Schönbrunn Palace]], [[Vienna]]

===Belgium===
* Hassenspark toren<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-25 |title=Heemkring hakt voor eens en voor altijd knoop door over 'toren van middeleeuwse stadsomwalling': "Ziet er authentiek uit maar het is absoluut fake" |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220824_94556952 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Het Nieuwsblad Mobile |language=nl-BE}}</ref> in the Hassenspark in  [[Vilvoorde]], [[Flemish Brabant]] {{cn|reason=not described as a folly in source|date=September 2023}}

===Canada===
* [[Dundurn Castle]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]

===Czech Republic===
[[File:Minaret in Lednice - se stromy.JPG|thumb| The [[minaret]] in the [[Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape|Lednice–Valtice Complex]], Czech Republic, was built by the [[House of Liechtenstein]] between 1797 and 1804.]]

* Series of buildings in [[Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape]] (UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]])
* Chinese Pavilions in chateau gardens in [[Vlašim]], [[Děčín]] [[Krásný Dvůr]]{{cn|date=August 2021}}

===France===
* [[Chanteloup Pagoda]], near [[Amboise]]
* [[Désert de Retz]], folly garden in [[Chambourcy]] near [[Paris]], [[France]] (18th century)
* [[Parc de la Villette]] in [[Paris]] has a number of modern follies by architect [[Bernard Tschumi]].
* The Ideal Palace of [[Ferdinand Cheval]] in [[Hauterives]], seen as an example of naive architecture.
* [[Hameau de la Reine]], in the park of the [[Château de Versailles]]
* The [[Grottoes of Ferrand]], in [[Saint-Hippolyte, Gironde|Saint-Hippolyte]], [[Gironde]]

===Germany===
* [[Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe]] water features
* Lighthouse in the park of [[Moritzburg Castle]] near [[Dresden]]
* Mosque in the [[Schwetzingen Castle]] gardens
* [[Pfaueninsel]] artificial ruin, [[Berlin]]
* [[Ruinenberg]] near [[Sanssouci Park]], [[Potsdam]]

===Hungary===
* Bory Castle at [[Székesfehérvár]]
* Taródi Castle at [[Sopron]]
* [[Vajdahunyad Castle|Vajdahunyad vára]] in the [[City Park (Budapest)|City Park]] of [[Budapest]]

===India===
* [[Overbury's Folly]], [[Thalassery]], [[Kerala]]
* [[Rock Garden of Chandigarh]]

===Ireland===
[[File:Conollys Folly - the obelisk.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Conolly's Folly]], [[County Kildare, Ireland]], built to provide employment in the [[Great Irish Famine (1740–1741)|Irish famine of 1740–41]]]]

* [[Ballysaggartmore Towers]], [[County Waterford]]
* [[Devil's Bit|Carden's Folly]]
* [[Casino at Marino]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://casinomarino.ie/exhibitions/paradise-lost/ | title=Paradise Lost &#124; Casino Marino }}</ref>
* [[Conolly's Folly]] and [[The Wonderful Barn]] on the same estate
* The Corrig Spire in [[Portarlington, County Laois]]
* [[Killiney Hill]], with several follies
* [[Larchill]] in [[County Kildare]], with several follies
* [[Powerscourt Estate]], which contains the Pepperpot Tower
* [[Saint Anne's Park]], which contains a number of follies
* [[Saint Enda's Park]], former school of [[Patrick Pearse]], contains several follies
* [[The Jealous Wall]] at [[Belvedere House and Gardens|Belvedere House]] near Mullingar, County Westmeath
* [[Waterloo Round Tower]] near Blarney, County Cork

===Italy===
* [[La Scarzuola]], [[Montegabbione]]
* The [[Park of the Monsters]] (Bomarzo Gardens)
* [[Giardino dei Tarocchi|Il Giardino dei Tarocchi]] near [[Capalbio]]

===Jamaica===
* Three follies were built on Folly Estate, Port Antonio, in 1905. They are now in ruins.<ref>http://images.library.wisc.edu/DLDecArts/EFacs/HomeDesign/hdv09n01/reference/dldecarts.hdv09n01.i0022.pdf See photos: "A Seat Shaded from the Tropic Sun" (and water tank), "A Summer House on the Hill" (with no walls), "The Bridge and Pavilion".</ref>{{failed verification|reason=Source does not mention follies, nor do these appear to be follies|date=October 2020}}<ref>Follies Magazine #108, "My Folly Folly Folly: a Jamaican Journey"</ref>

===Malta===
[[File:Malta - Lija - Vjal it-Transfigurazzjoni - Belvedere 01 ies.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Lija Belvedere Tower]] in [[Malta]]]]

*[[Lija Belvedere Tower]]

===Poland===
[[File:Pulawy swiatynia sybilli.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Temple of the Sibyl]] in the grounds of the Czartoryski Palace in [[Puławy]], Poland]]

* Roman aqueduct, [[Arkadia, Łowicz County]]
* [[Temple of the Sibyl]] in [[Puławy]]

===Romania===
* [[Iulia Hasdeu Castle]]

===Russia===
* Ruined towers in [[Petergof|Peterhof]], [[Tsarskoe Selo]], [[Gatchina]], and [[Tsaritsyno District|Tsaritsino]]
* [[Creaking Pagoda]] and [[Chinese Village (Tsarskoe Selo)|Chinese Village]] in Tsarskoe Selo
* [[Dutch Admiralty]] in Tsarskoe Selo

===Spain===
[[File:El Capricho Gaudí 02.jpg|thumb|[[El Capricho]], in [[Comillas]], Spain]]

* [[El Capricho]], [[Comillas]] ([[Cantabria]])

===Ukraine===
[[File:Oleksandriia Park in Bila Tserkva.jpg|thumb|Classical ruins in [[Oleksandriia]] Park in [[Bila Tserkva]], Ukraine]]

* Ruins in [[Arboretum Oleksandriya|Oleksandriia]], [[Bila Tserkva]]

===United Kingdom===
====England====
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* [[Ashton Memorial]], [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]
* [[Barwick, Somerset#Barwick Park follies|Barwick Park follies]], Barwick, Somerset
* [[Beckford's Tower]], [[Somerset]]
* [[Blaise Castle Estate|Blaise Castle]], [[Bristol]]
* [[Broadway Tower, Worcestershire|Broadway Tower]], [[Cotswolds|The Cotswolds]]
* [[Bettison's Folly]], [[Hornsea]]
* [[Black Castle Public House]], [[Bristol]]
* [[Brizlee Tower]], Northumberland
* [[Browne's Folly (tower)|Browne's Folly]], [[Bathford]], [[Somerset]]
* The Cage at [[Lyme Park]], [[Cheshire]]
* The Castle at [[Roundhay Park]], [[West Yorkshire]]
* [[Chilton Priory]], Somerset
* [[Clavell Tower]], [[Dorset]]
* [[Conygar Tower]], [[Dunster]], Somerset
* [[Cranmore Tower]], [[Cranmore, Somerset|Cranmore]], Somerset
* [[Culloden Tower]], [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], [[North Yorkshire]]
* [[Faringdon#Faringdon Folly|Faringdon Folly]], [[Faringdon]], [[Oxfordshire]]
* [[Flounders' Folly]], [[Shropshire]]
* [[Forbidden Corner]], [[North Yorkshire]]
* [[Freston Tower]], arguably England's oldest folly, near [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]]
* [[Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare]], Hampton
* Gothic Tower at [[Goldney Hall]], [[Bristol]]
* The [[Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens]], London¨
* [[Hadlow Castle#Tower|Hadlow Tower]], Hadlow, [[Kent]]
* [[Hardwick Hall Country Park]], [[County Durham]] contains several restored follies
* [[Hawkstone Park]], follies and gardens in [[Shropshire]]
* Hiorne's Tower, [[Arundel Castle]], [[West Sussex]]
* Horton Tower, [[Dorset]]
* [[King Alfred's Tower]], [[Stourhead]], Somerset
* [[Lund's Tower]], [[Sutton-in-Craven]], North Yorkshire
* [[Luttrell's Tower]], [[Fawley, Hampshire|Fawley]], [[Hampshire]]
* [[Mow Cop Castle]], [[Staffordshire]]
*[[Nab End Tower]], [[Longwood, Huddersfield|Longwood]], [[West Yorkshire]]
* [[Old John]], [[Bradgate Park]], [[Leicestershire]]
* [[Painshill]], [[Cobham, Surrey]], an 18th-century [[landscape garden]] with several follies, some modern reconstructions
* [[Penshaw Monument]], [[Penshaw]], [[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]]
* [[Pelham's Pillar]], [[Caistor]], [[North Lincolnshire]]
* [[Perrott's Folly]], [[Birmingham]]
* Pope's Grotto, [[Twickenham]], South West [[London]]
* [[Prospect Tower]], [[Calstock]], [[Cornwall]]
* [[Racton Monument]], [[West Sussex]]
* [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101312795-rogers-tower-ludgvan#.YOWHBS1Q041 Rogers' Tower][[Ludgvan]]
* The Ruined Arch at the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]], London
* [[Rushton Triangular Lodge]], [[Northamptonshire]] (16th century)
* [[Severndroog Castle]], [[Shooter's Hill]], south-east [[London]]
* [[Sham Castle]], Bathwick Hill, [[Bath, Somerset]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=262674&idx=14&fromsearch=true |title=Sham Castle |publisher=Bath in Time |date=2007-02-08 |access-date=2012-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524051448/http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image.php?id=262674&idx=14&fromsearch=true |archive-date=2013-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The [[Sledmere Cross]] takes the form of an [[Eleanor Cross]] and is a true 'folly' that was 'converted' to a [[World War I]] Memorial
* [[Solomon's Temple, Buxton|Solomon's Temple]], [[Buxton]], Derbyshire
* [[Wentworth Castle#The first earl.27s landscape|Stainborough Castle]], [[South Yorkshire]]
* Two of the follies in [[Staunton Country Park]] have survived until the present day
* [[Stowe School]] has several follies in the grounds
* [[Sway (village)#Sway Tower|Sway Tower]], [[New Forest]]
* [[Tattingstone Wonder]], near [[Ipswich]], [[Suffolk]]
* [[Wainhouse Tower]], the tallest folly in the world, [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[West Yorkshire]]
* [[Wentworth Woodhouse#Follies and garden buildings|Wentworth Woodhouse]], [[Wentworth, South Yorkshire|Wentworth]], [[South Yorkshire]]
* [[Wilder's Folly]], [[Sulham]], [[Berkshire]]
* [[Williamson Tunnels]], probably the largest underground folly in the world, [[Liverpool]]
* [[Wimpole's Folly|Wimpole’s Folly]], [[Cambridgeshire]]
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<gallery widths=200 heights=200>
File:RushtonTriangularLodge.jpg|[[Rushton Triangular Lodge]], Northamptonshire, England, built in the late 16th century to symbolise the [[Holy Trinity]]
File:Wimpole folly.JPG|[[Wimpole's Folly]], [[Cambridgeshire]], England, built in the 1700s to resemble Gothic-era ruins
File:The Beacon Staunton Country Park.JPG|''The Beacon'': One of the remaining follies at [[Staunton Country Park]] originally commissioned by [[George Thomas Staunton]] and designed by [[Lewis Vulliamy]]
</gallery>

====Scotland====
* The Caldwell Tower, [[Lugton]], [[Renfrewshire]]
* Captain Frasers Folly ([[Uig Tower]]) Isle of Skye
* [[Dunmore Pineapple]], [[Falkirk]]
* [[Hume Castle]], [[Berwickshire]]
* [[Kinnoull Hill|Kinnoull Hill Tower]], [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]
* [[McCaig's Tower]], [[Oban]], Argyll and Bute
* [[National Monument, Edinburgh|National Monument]], [[Edinburgh]]
* [[Shaw Monument]], [[Prestwick]]
* The Temple near [[Castle Semple Loch]], [[Renfrewshire]]

====Wales====
[[File:Paxton's Tower - Carmarthenshire (5369178381).jpg|thumb|[[Paxton's Tower]], Carmarthenshire]]

* [[Clytha Castle]], [[Monmouthshire]]
* [[Derry Ormond Tower]], [[Ceredigion]]
* [[Folly Tower, Pontypool|Folly Tower]] at [[Pontypool]]
* [[Paxton's Tower]], [[Carmarthenshire]]
* [[Portmeirion]], known as the setting for several television productions including ''[[The Prisoner]]'' series{{cn|reason=not described as a folly in article|date=September 2023}}
* [[Gwrych Castle]], [[Conwy County Borough]]

===United States===
[[File:Loveland Castle (9).jpg|thumb|[[Chateau Laroche]], just north of Loveland, Ohio]]

* [[Bancroft Tower]], [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
* [[Belvedere Castle]], [[New York City]]
* [[Bishop Castle]], outside of [[Pueblo, Colorado]]
* [[Coral Castle]], [[Homestead, Florida]]
* [[Hofmann Tower]] in [[Lyons, Illinois]]
* [[Kingfisher Tower]], [[Otsego Lake (New York)]]
* [[Korner's Folly|Körner’s Folly]], [[Kernersville, North Carolina]]
* [[Lawson Tower]], [[Scituate, Massachusetts]]
* [[Parthenon (Nashville)|The Parthenon]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
* [[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]], [[New York, New York]]
* [[Watts Towers]], [[Watts, Los Angeles]]