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The tallest free standing and occupied structure is the Harland and Wolf shipbuilding gantry crane Samson at 106 m (348 ft). The tallest chimney is the Belfast City Hospital chimney at 95 m (312 ft). The tallest church is Belfast (St. Anne's) Cathedral at 80 m (260 ft). The tallest clock is the Albert Memorial Clock at 34.4 m (112 ft 10 in).
Tallest churches. Rank Name Location County Type Year completed Height ... St Patrick's Church, Belfast: Belfast: Antrim: church: 1877: 63 m (207 ft) [4] 19: St ...
The current tallest habitable building on the island of Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland at 85 metres (279 ft). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tallest storied building in the Republic of Ireland is Capital Dock in Dublin, at about 79 metres (259 ft).
The cities with the most churches surpassing 99 metres (325 feet) are Hamburg (5 of the 29 tallest churches, with 5 towers overall), Lübeck (4 of the 56 tallest churches, two of which with twin towers → 6 towers overall), Vienna (2), Tallinn (2), St. Petersburg (2), New York City (2), Dortmund (2) and Stralsund (2).
St. Patrick's Church, Belfast (Irish: Eaglais Naomh Padraig) is a Catholic church, built in the Romanesque Revival style with a four-stage tower and spire rising from the front west elevation. [1] It is located in Donegall Street area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first church opened on the site in 1815 while the current building opened in ...
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St George's Market, built between 1890 and 1896, is Belfast's last surviving Victorian covered market. It was restored at a cost of £4.5 million in 1997, and hosts regular Friday and Saturday markets. [6] Near the Market is Saint Malachy's Catholic Church. Built between 1841 and 1844, it is built in the Tudor Revival style and is unique in ...
St Peter's was originally envisaged as the parish church for the expanding post-Famine Catholic population of Belfast. The site was provided by a wealthy Belfast flour merchant and philanthropist, [4] Bernard Hughes [5] while the church was designed by Fr Jeremiah Ryan McAuley, who had trained as an architect before he became a priest. [6]