Once the tallest freestanding structure in the World
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Cologne Cathedral | 1880-1889 (157.5 m) | |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | Eiffel Tower, the tallest between 1889 and 1930 (324 m) | |
Pyramids (Memphis) | Great Pyramid of Giza, the tallest between c. 2570 BC and c. 1300 AD and again 1666-1874 (146.5 meter) | |
Stralsund and Wismar | St. Mary's church: 1549-1569, 1573-1647 (151 m) (If Tallinn is counted, then only 1625-1647) | |
Tallinn | St. Olaf's church, the tallest between 1549 and 1625 (159 m) (disputed, may be 125 m, see link) |
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