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  2. History of the world's tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    The earliest structures now known to be the tallest in the world were the Egyptian pyramids: the Great Pyramid of Giza, at an original height of 146.5 m (481 ft), was the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years, until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1311.

  3. List of tallest buildings - Wikipedia

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    Tallest building in South Korea and the OECD [20] 7 One World Trade Center: 541.3 1,776 94 (+ 5 below ground) New York City United States: 2014 Tallest building outside of Asia; tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, North America and the USA; tallest building on an island [21] 8 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre: 530.0: 1,740

  4. List of tallest buildings and structures in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in Egypt. ... Great Pyramid of Giza: 138.5 m (454 ft) 2570 BC: Giza: Tallest structure in Giza. Tallest ...

  5. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    The building gained the official title of "tallest building in the world" and the tallest self-supported structure at its opening on January 9, 2010. The second-tallest structure in the world is the 679-metre-tall (2,227 ft) Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the third-tallest self-supporting structure and the tallest tower in the ...

  6. Dubai is home to world’s tallest skyscraper. Now it’s ...

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    New skyscraper Burj Azizi will become the world’s second tallest building, after the Burj Khalifa, at a staggering 725 meters (2,379 feet) tall.

  7. Cairo Tower - Wikipedia

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    It was the tallest structure in Africa for one year until 1962, when it was surpassed by Sentech Tower in South Africa. One of Cairo's well-known modern monuments, sometimes considered Egypt's second most famous landmark after the Pyramids of Giza, it stands in the Gezira district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, close to downtown Cairo.

  8. Remembering to remember the World Trade Center - AOL

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    Though the insurance company’s pyramid measures 74 feet taller than the bank building, I remember my mother’s co-workers boasting that she’d gone from the tallest building in the world to ...

  9. List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

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    The Taroona Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest building between 1870 and 1875. It is the tallest cylindrical sandstone tower in the Southern Hemisphere. Mirisawetiya Vihara: Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka: 192: 58.5: c. 161 BC: Ekambareswarar Temple: Kanchipuram India 192 58.5 1509–29 Leaning Tower of Pisa: Pisa: Italy: 191.47: 58.36 ...