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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1201-old-st-paul-s-cathedral
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:12010101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:13120101
DESCRIPTION:Old St Paul's Cathedral was the cathedral of the City of London
  that\, until the Great Fire of 1666\, stood on the site of the present St
  Paul's Cathedral. Built in 1087 and from 1255 to 1314\, it was dedicated 
 to Paul the Apostle. The building was perhaps the fourth such St Paul's ca
 thedral church at this site on Ludgate Hill\, going back to the 7th centur
 y.\n\n149 m tall. Final completion in 1314. Spire collapsed 1561\n\nhttps:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_St_Paul%27s_Cathedral
SUMMARY:Old St Paul's Cathedral · London · 149 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1311-lincoln-cathedral
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:13110101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:15500101
DESCRIPTION:Lincoln Cathedral\, also called Lincoln Minster\, and formally 
 the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln\, is a Church o
 f England cathedral in Lincoln\, England. It is the seat of the bishop of 
 Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln. The cathedral 
 is governed by its dean and chapter\, and is a grade I listed building.\n\
 n159.7 m tall. Tallest building ever until 1890. Spire collapsed 1549\n\nh
 ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral
SUMMARY:Lincoln Cathedral · Lincoln · 160 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1549-st-mary-s-church
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:15490101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:15700101
DESCRIPTION:St. Mary's Church is a large Lutheran church located in Stralsu
 nd\, northern Germany. It was built sometime before 1380 and showcases rem
 arkable Gothic architecture\, serving as an outstanding example of the pre
 valent Brick Gothic style in northern Germany and the Baltic states. Stand
 ing at 151 metres (495 ft) tall\, it held the title of the world's talles
 t building between 1548 and 1647\, with the exception of the period betwee
 n 1569 and 1573 when the tower of St. Pierres Cathedral in Beauvais was co
 mpleted and subsequently collapsed. Recognized as part of the historic cen
 ter of Stralsund\, the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage L
 ist in 2002.\n\n151 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_
 Church%2C_Stralsund
SUMMARY:St. Mary's Church · Stralsund · 151 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1569-st-pierre-s-cathedral
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:15690101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:15740101
DESCRIPTION:Beauvais Cathedral\, otherwise known as the Cathedral of Saint 
 Peter of Beauvais\, is a Catholic cathedral in the northern town of Beauva
 is\, Oise\, France. It is the seat of the Bishop of Beauvais\, Noyon and S
 enlis and has been listed as a national monument since 1840.\n\n153 m tall
 .\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauvais_Cathedral
SUMMARY:St. Pierre's Cathedral · Beauvais · 153 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1573-st-mary-s-church
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:15730101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:16480101
DESCRIPTION:St. Mary's Church is a large Lutheran church located in Stralsu
 nd\, northern Germany. It was built sometime before 1380 and showcases rem
 arkable Gothic architecture\, serving as an outstanding example of the pre
 valent Brick Gothic style in northern Germany and the Baltic states. Stand
 ing at 151 metres (495 ft) tall\, it held the title of the world's talles
 t building between 1548 and 1647\, with the exception of the period betwee
 n 1569 and 1573 when the tower of St. Pierres Cathedral in Beauvais was co
 mpleted and subsequently collapsed. Recognized as part of the historic cen
 ter of Stralsund\, the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage L
 ist in 2002.\n\n151 m tall. Bell tower burned down in 1647\n\nhttps://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church%2C_Stralsund
SUMMARY:St. Mary's Church · Stralsund · 151 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1647-cathedral-of-our-lady-of-strasbour
 g
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:16470101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:18750101
DESCRIPTION:Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
 \, also known as Strasbourg Minster\, is a Catholic cathedral in Strasbour
 g\, Alsace\, France. Although considerable parts of it are still in Romane
 sque architecture\, it is widely considered to be among the finest example
 s of Rayonnant Gothic architecture. Architect Erwin von Steinbach is credi
 ted for major contributions from 1277 to his death in 1318\, and beyond th
 rough his son Johannes von Steinbach\, and his grandson Gerlach von Steinb
 ach\, who succeeded him as chief architects. The Steinbachs' plans for the
  completion of the cathedral were not followed through by the chief archit
 ects who took over after them\, and instead of the originally envisioned t
 wo spires\, a single\, octagonal tower with an elongated\, octagonal crown
 ing was built on the northern side of the west facade by master Ulrich Ens
 ingen and his successor\, Johannes Hültz. The construction of the cathedr
 al\, which had started in the year 1015 and had been relaunched in 1190\, 
 was finished in 1439.\n\n142 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra
 sbourg_Cathedral
SUMMARY:Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg · Strasbourg · 142 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1874-church-of-st-nicholas
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18740101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:18770101
DESCRIPTION:The Church of St. Nicholas is a Gothic Revival cathedral that w
 as formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen in the city of Hamburg\,
  Germany. The original chapel\, a wooden building\, was completed in 1195.
  It was replaced by a brick church in the 14th century\, which was eventua
 lly destroyed by fire in 1842. The church was completely rebuilt by 1874\,
  and was the tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876. It was desig
 ned by the English architect George Gilbert Scott.\n\n147 m tall.\n\nhttps
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas%27_Church%2C_Hamburg
SUMMARY:Church of St. Nicholas · Hamburg · 147 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1876-rouen-cathedral
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18760101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:18810101
DESCRIPTION:Rouen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Rouen\, Normandy\, Fran
 ce. It is the archiepiscopal seat of the Archbishop of Rouen\, Primate of 
 Normandy. It is famous for its three towers\, each in a different style. T
 he cathedral\, built and rebuilt over a period of more than eight hundred 
 years\, has features from Early Gothic to late Flamboyant and Renaissance 
 architecture. It also has a place in art history as the subject of a serie
 s of impressionist paintings by Claude Monet\, and in architecture history
 \, as from 1876 to 1880 it was the tallest building in the world.\n\n151 m
  tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Cathedral
SUMMARY:Rouen Cathedral · Rouen · 151 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1880-cologne-cathedral
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18800101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:18910101
DESCRIPTION:Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne\, North Rh
 ine-Westphalia\, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and 
 of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monu
 ment of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a Worl
 d Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark\, attractin
 g an average of 6 million people a year. At 157 m (515 ft)\, the cathedr
 al is the tallest twin-spired church in the world\, the third tallest chur
 ch in Europe after Sagrada Família and Ulm Minster\, and the tallest cath
 edral in the world.\n\n157.38 m tall. Tallest structure Washington Monumen
 t from 1884\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral
SUMMARY:Cologne Cathedral · Cologne · 157 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1890-ulm-minster
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18900101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:18950101
DESCRIPTION:Ulm Minster is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Ger
 many located in Ulm\, Baden-Württemberg. It is the second-tallest church 
 building in the world\, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres (530.0 ft)
 . The church was the fourth-tallest structure in the world when the towers
  were completed in 1890.\n\n161.53 m tall. Tallest structure Eiffel Tower 
 from 1889\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_Minster
SUMMARY:Ulm Minster · Ulm · 162 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1894-philadelphia-city-hall
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:18940101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19090101
DESCRIPTION:The Philadelphia City Hall is the seat of the municipal governm
 ent of the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Built i
 n the ornate Second Empire style\, City Hall houses the chambers of the Ph
 iladelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia.\n\n1
 67 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall
SUMMARY:Philadelphia City Hall · Philadelphia · 167 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1908-singer-building
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19080101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19100101
DESCRIPTION:The Singer Building was an office building and early skyscraper
  at the northwestern corner of Liberty Street and Broadway in the Financia
 l District of Lower Manhattan\, New York City\, United States. Serving as 
 the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company\, it was commissioned
  by the company's leader Frederick Gilbert Bourne and designed by architec
 t Ernest Flagg in multiple phases from 1897 to 1908. The building's archit
 ecture contained elements of the Beaux-Arts and French Second Empire style
 s. It was demolished in 1969.\n\n192 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Singer_Building
SUMMARY:Singer Building · New York City · 192 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1909-metropolitan-life-tower
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19090101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19140101
DESCRIPTION:The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a skyscraper o
 ccupying a full block in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in New York Ci
 ty\, New York\, United States. The building is composed of two sections: a
  700-foot-tall (210 m) tower at the northwest corner of the block\, at Ma
 dison Avenue and 24th Street\, and a shorter east wing occupying the remai
 nder of the block bounded by Madison Avenue\, Park Avenue South\, 23rd Str
 eet\, and 24th Street. The South Building\, along with the North Building 
 directly across 24th Street\, comprises the Metropolitan Home Office Compl
 ex\, which originally served as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life 
 Insurance Company.\n\n213 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropo
 litan_Life_Insurance_Company_Tower
SUMMARY:Metropolitan Life Tower · New York City · 213 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1913-woolworth-building
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19130101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19310101
DESCRIPTION:The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall (241 m) residential 
 building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood 
 of Lower Manhattan in New York City\, United States. Designed by Cass Gilb
 ert in the Neo-Gothic style\, the Woolworth Building was originally an off
 ice skyscraper. It was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1929
 \, and it remains one of the United States' 100 tallest buildings as of 20
 24.\n\n241 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building
SUMMARY:Woolworth Building · New York City · 241 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1930-40-wall-street
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19300101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19310101
DESCRIPTION:40 Wall Street is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscrape
 r on Wall Street between Nassau and William streets in the Financial Distr
 ict of Manhattan in New York City\, New York\, U.S. Erected in 1929–1930
  as the headquarters of the Manhattan Company\, the building was designed 
 by H. Craig Severance with Yasuo Matsui and Shreve & Lamb. The building is
  a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Registe
 r of Historic Places (NRHP)\; it is also a contributing property to the Wa
 ll Street Historic District\, an NRHP district.\n\n283 m tall.\n\nhttps://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Wall_Street
SUMMARY:40 Wall Street · New York City · 283 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1930-chrysler-building
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19300101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19320101
DESCRIPTION:The Chrysler Building is a 1\,046-foot-tall (319 m)\, Art Deco
 -style supertall skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan\
 , New York City\, United States. Located at the intersection of 42nd Stree
 t and Lexington Avenue\, it is the tallest steel-framed brick building in 
 the world. It was both the world's first supertall skyscraper and the worl
 d's tallest building for 11 months after its completion in 1930. As of 201
 9\, the Chrysler is the 13th-tallest building in the city\, tied with The 
 New York Times Building.\n\n318.9 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Chrysler_Building
SUMMARY:Chrysler Building · New York City · 319 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1931-empire-state-building
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19310101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19710101
DESCRIPTION:The Empire State Building is a 102-story\, supertall skyscraper
  in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan\, New York City\, United S
 tates. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve\, Lamb & 
 Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Its name is derived from "Em
 pire State"\, the nickname of New York state. The building has a roof heig
 ht of 1\,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1\,454 feet (443.2 m) ta
 ll including its antenna. The Empire State Building was the world's talles
 t building until the North Tower of the World Trade Center was topped out 
 in 1970\; following the September 11 attacks in 2001\, the Empire State Bu
 ilding was once more New York City's tallest building until it was surpass
 ed in 2012 by One World Trade Center. As of 2025\, the building is the eig
 hth-tallest building in New York City\, the tenth-tallest completed skyscr
 aper in the United States\, and the 59th-tallest completed skyscraper in t
 he world.\n\n381 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Bui
 lding
SUMMARY:Empire State Building · New York City · 381 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1970-1-world-trade-center
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19700101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19740101
DESCRIPTION:The original 1 World Trade Center was one of the Twin Towers of
  the original World Trade Center complex in New York City. Its constructio
 n was begun in 1968 and completed in 1972. It stood at a height of 1\,368 
 feet (417.0 m)\, and was the tallest building in the world until 1973\, w
 hen surpassed by the Sears Tower in Chicago. On the 106th and 107th floors
  of this building were a complex of dining\, meeting\, and entertainment v
 enues known as Windows on the World. The 106th floor was specifically desi
 gned to handle function rooms for private events\, large corporate gatheri
 ngs\, and weddings\, while the 107th floor housed the main dining rooms an
 d bars.\n\n417 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_World_Trade_Cent
 er_%281970%E2%80%932001%29
SUMMARY:1 World Trade Center · New York City · 417 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1973-sears-tower
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19730101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19990101
DESCRIPTION:The Willis Tower\, formerly known and still commonly referred t
 o as the Sears Tower\, is a 110-story\, 1\,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper 
 in the Loop of Chicago\, Illinois\, United States. Designed by architect B
 ruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore\, Owings & Merrill
  (SOM)\, it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest building\, a title that 
 it held for nearly 25 years. It is the third-tallest building in the Weste
 rn Hemisphere\, as well as the 26th-tallest in the world. Each year\, more
  than 1.7 million people visit the Skydeck\, the highest observation deck 
 in the United States\, making it one of Chicago's most popular tourist des
 tinations. Due to its height and location\, the tower is visible from a gr
 eat distance. The building has appeared in numerous films and television s
 hows set in Chicago.\n\n442 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi
 s_Tower
SUMMARY:Sears Tower · Chicago · 442 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-1998-petronas-towers
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19980101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20050101
DESCRIPTION:The Petronas Towers\, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers an
 d colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers\, are an interlinked pair of 88-storey
  supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur\, Malaysia\, standing at 451.9 m (
 1\,483 ft). From 1998 to 2004\, they were the tallest buildings in the wo
 rld until they were surpassed by the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan. The 
 Petronas Towers remain the world's tallest twin skyscrapers\, surpassing t
 he original World Trade Center towers in New York City\, and were the tall
 est buildings in Malaysia until 2019\, when they were surpassed by The Exc
 hange 106. The Petronas Towers are a major landmark of Kuala Lumpur\, alon
 g with the nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower and Merdeka 118\, and are visible in 
 many places across the city.\n\n452 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Petronas_Towers
SUMMARY:Petronas Towers · Kuala Lumpur · 452 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-2004-taipei-101
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110101
DESCRIPTION:Taipei 101\, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Cente
 r\, is a 508-meter\, 101-story skyscraper in Taipei\, Taiwan. It is owned 
 by the Taipei Financial Center Corporation. It was officially classified a
 s the world's tallest building from its opening on 31 December 2004\, unti
 l it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in 2009. As of 2026\, it is the tal
 lest building in Taiwan and the eleventh tallest in the world.\n\n510 m ta
 ll.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101
SUMMARY:Taipei 101 · Taipei · 510 m
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UID:worlds-tallest-building-tallest-2010-burj-khalifa
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018
DESCRIPTION:The Burj Khalifa is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai\, United Ara
 b Emirates. Designed by the SOM architectural firm\, it is the world's tal
 lest structure\, with a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 
 m (2\,717 ft). It has been the tallest building in the world since its co
 mplete inauguration in 2011\, surpassing Taipei 101\, which had held the r
 ecord since 2004.\n\n828 m tall.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Kha
 lifa
SUMMARY:Burj Khalifa · Dubai · 828 m
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