VRT Toren is a 300 metre tall free standing tower at Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium built in 1996. It is the highest free standing building of Flanders.^[1] It is the source of a dispute, since it is considered to be built illegally and may have to be taken down.
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The Zendmasts of Ruiselede were 8 287 metre high guyed radio masts at Ruiselede, Belgium, built in 1923 for carrying an aerial for VLF-transmission (nominal frequency 16.2kHz). The most of 8 masts were blown up by German troops in October 1940.
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The Wavre Transmitter is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM and TV -broadcasting near Wavre in Belgium. For the medium wave transmissions it uses a 250-metre high guyed mast which is grounded.
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The Wavre Transmitter is a facility for mediumwave, shortwave, FM and TV -broadcasting near Wavre in Belgium. For the medium wave transmissions it uses a 250-metre high guyed mast which is grounded.
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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
metres feet
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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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This is a list of the 25 tallest skyscrapers in Canada.

Note: The tallest free-standing structure in the world, the CN Tower stands at 553.33 metres (1,815 ft., 5 inches). Technically, it is not a skyscraper.
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Name City Height Floors Year built Use
City Tower Prague 109 30 1993 office
City Empiria Prague 104 27 1981 office
Cathedral of St. Bartholomew Plzeň 102 – 1837 church
St. Wenceslas Cathedral Olomouc 101 – 1883 church
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This is a list of all buildings in Finland with a height of over 60 metres (197 feet).

For other types of tall structures in Finland, see List of tallest structures in Finland.
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This is a list of skyscrapers in Germany (>75m). For other tall architectural structures, see List of tallest structures in Germany:
Name City Metres Feet Floors Year built
Commerzbank Tower Frankfurt 259 850 56 1997
Messeturm Frankfurt 257 843 55 1990
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