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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)
Second-tallest church in the USA and New York City; third-tallest in North America; tenth-tallest in the Americas; spires completed in 1888, the tallest in New York City from 1880 to 1890. [ 11 ] 90
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 original cathedral had two towers on the west façade, and then a central tower was built in the 14th century, topped by a wooden spire, which made it the tallest structure in the world for two hundred years. The other two towers were also given spires and raised in height. The great spire fell during a windstorm and was not replaced.
London's tallest structure from 1710 to 1962; previous tallest in London until Great Fire of London. [2] 3 Liverpool Anglican Cathedral: 101 331 Liverpool: Tallest church in the United Kingdom without a dome or spire, amongst the tallest non-spired churches in the world. Largest church in the UK by area, longest Cathedral in the world. [3] 4
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]