List of tallest buildings in the Czech Republic

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Pankrác district in Prague, City Tower on right, City Empiria on left
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Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Plzeň, highest church in the Czech republic
Name City Height Floors Year built Use
City TowerPrague109301993office
City EmpiriaPrague104271981office
Cathedral of St. BartholomewPlzeň1021837church
St. Wenceslas CathedralOlomouc1011883church
St. Vitus CathedralPrague99-1929church
SHD Komes buildingMost96231984office
St. James' ChurchBrno94-1592church
Palác VinohradyPrague90181971office,
telecommunication
Hotel Crowne Plaza PraguePrague88161954hotel
New city hall OstravaOstrava8641930city hall


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Country  Czech Republic

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Olomouc (IPA: [ˈolomoʊ̯ts]) (local Haná dialect Olomóc or Holomóc, German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium
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Saint Vitus's Cathedral (Czech: Katedrála svatého Víta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. The full name of the cathedral is St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St.
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The acronym MOST has several meanings:
  • Management of Social Transformations, the main UNESCO social sciences research programme
  • Maynard Operation Sequence Technique, a work measurement system

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St James Church may refer to:
  • St. James Episcopal Church, Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States
  • St. James' Episcopal Church, Mill Creek, Delaware, United States
  • St. James' Church, Newport, Delaware, United States
  • St.

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Hotel Crowne Plaza (formerly Hotel Družba, Hotel Čedok, Hotel International, Hotel Holiday Inn) is the largest Stalinist architecture building in Prague, located in the Dejvice district.
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The New city hall of Ostrava is the largest town hall complex in the Czech Republic. It was designed by Vladimír Fischer, František Kolář and Jan Rubý and built in 1925-1930. The town hall was opened on 28 October 1930.

The building has two wings and an 85.
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Ostrava (IPA:] , German: Ostrau, Polish: Ostrawa
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world's tallest structure has generally been straightforward, the definition of the world's tallest building or the world's tallest tower is less clear. The disputes generally centers on what should be counted as a building or a tower
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world's tallest structure has generally been straightforward, the definition of the world's tallest building or the world's tallest tower is less clear. The disputes generally centers on what should be counted as a building or a tower
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This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures by country. The list directly includes the tallest buildings and structures for each country, and where appropriate, it also points to more detailed country-specific lists.
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A list of tallest structures in Australia. This list, which must be expanded, contains guyed masts, towers, skyscrapers and chimneys.

Name Pinnacle height Year Country Town Remarks
Omega Navigational Mast Woodside 1401 ft 427 m Australia Woodside, Victoria Guyed Mast
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list of tallest structures and buildings in Austria. The list contains all types of structures. Please expand and correct this list.

Construction Location Height Structural type
Nordmast Bisamberg Bisamberg 265 m guyed mast, insulated against ground
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This is a list of the tallest structures in Canada, measured from base to the tallest point. (Either roof top or antenna or spire.)

This List includes buildings, towers, power generating stations, chimneys/smokestacks, and oil platforms.
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An incomplete list of the tallest structures in France. The list contains all types of structures, may be incompleted and should be expanded.

Name Pinnacle height Year Structure type Town Remarks
Longwave transmitter Allouis 350 m 1974 Guyed Mast Allouis 2 masts
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This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in Hungary.

(List is possibly not complete.)

Tallest structures

(most of them are TV towers and industrial chimneys)
  • Lakihegy Radio Tower, Lakihegy – 314 m (287 according to the Aviation Office)

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India does not have many skyscrapers due to a low Floor space index. Most of the high rise buildings are in the commercial capital Mumbai, where space is at a premium. Having skyscrapers puts a huge strain on existing infrastructure.
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A list of the tallest structures in Ireland. Those in Northern Ireland are marked with an asterisk.

Guyed masts

  • UHF/VHF transmitter, Strabane*, 305.5m (1,002 ft)
  • Medium wave transmitter, Tullamore, 290m
  • Long wave transmitter, Clarkestown, near Summerhill, 245m

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This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in Japan.

Sapporo
  • T38 (Sapporo JR Tower), 173 meters
  • Sapporo TV Tower, 147 meters
Sendai
  • Aer, 146 meters
Saitama
  • Land Axis Tower, 168 meters
  • Tower One, 154 meters

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Egypt

  • Overhead line crossing Suez Canal, 221 meters
  • Cairo Tower, 187 meters
  • Great Pyramid of Giza, built c. 2570 BC, tallest structure until c. 1300, originally 146.5 meters, currently 138.75 meters.
  • Red Pyramid of Sneferu, built c.

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This is a list of all buildings and structures in Portugal with a minimum height of 100 m (328 ft).

Each table is sortable by any column, except the coordinates column.
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Incomplete list of the tallest constructions, which were built in the countries, which were once part of the Soviet Union.

Tallest structures


Construction Year Country Town Pinnacle height Structural type Remarks
Ostankino Tower 1967 Russia Moscow 540.
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A list of the tallest structures in the United Kingdom. The list contains all types of structures, 150 m in height or more. 150 m is the accepted criterion for a building to qualify as a skyscraper.

Entries in italics denote approximate figures.
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lists of skyscrapers, ranked by:
  • structural height (vertical elevation from the base to the highest architectural or integral structural element of the building).
  • highest point on the building (source unknown)

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not include proposed or approved buildings. List is organized primarily by current floors completed, secondarily by floors proposed.

FC means floors completed to date and FP floors proposed. Year means expected year of completion.
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A list of the tallest chimneys of the world.

Timeline of world's tallest chimney

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, tall chimneys were built, at the beginning with bricks, and later also of concrete or steel.
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Height (metres) Height (feet) Name Completion City Country Comment
161.5 m 530 ft Münster 1890 Ulm Germany intended to be shorter, but size increased in order to outdo Cologne Cathedral; second largest Gothic church (and largest
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Name City Height [2] Floors Year built
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Since 1997, the tallest skyscraper in the European Union has been Frankfurt's 259 m Commerzbank Tower.

It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed.
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Rank Name Location Height (m) Stories Date of completion
1 Mirante do Vale São Paulo 170 51 1960
2 Edifício Itália São Paulo 165 45 1965
3 Rio-Sul Center Rio de Janeiro 164 50 1980
4 Chateauneuf (building) Curitiba 161 37 1996
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