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Before the Burj Khalifa, the Taipei 101 had the former tallest spire in the world. The Burj Khalifa holds the record of the tallest spire in the world, with the height of 244 m (801 ft) The Chrysler Building was the world-first skyscraper with a spire Spire of Salisbury Cathedral (completed 1320) (404 feet (123 metres), with tower and spire)
Tallest 18th-century church in the world; Hamburg's most famous church; colloquially called "Michel" 13: St. Martin's Church: 130.6 m (428 ft) 1500: Landshut Germany: Catholic: Tallest brickwork structure in the world; tallest church in Bavaria
In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.
The tallest building in the world, as of 2025, is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The title of "world's tallest building" has been held by various buildings in modern times, including Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, and the Empire State Building and the original World Trade Center, both in New York City.
The United Kingdom no longer features as prominently on the list of tallest churches worldwide, but in 1311, Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the Great Pyramid of Giza to become the world's tallest building. Salisbury Cathedral is the present tallest church building in the country, standing at a height of 123 metres (404 feet), and it remains ...
It was the world's tallest non-pyramidal structure for many centuries. Another notable mention includes the Jetavanaramaya stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, which was built in the third century, and was similarly tall at 122 m (400 ft). These were both the world's tallest or second-tallest non-pyramidal structure for over a thousand years.
A central spire from after 1311 until 1548 had a reputed height of 160 m (520 ft), which would have made the cathedral the tallest structure in the world during the spire's existence. 89 Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: 24.3 m (80 ft) Spokane: United States: 90 Church of Our Lady: 24 m (79 ft) Dordrecht: Netherlands: 90 Canterbury Cathedral
The highest flèche in the world was built at the end of the 19th century for Rouen Cathedral, 157 metres (515 ft) high in total. [7] A short spire or flèche surrounded by a parapet is common on churches in Hertfordshire; as a result, this type of flèche is called a Hertfordshire spike. [8]