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The tallest building in Europe is the Lakhta Center, located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. As of 2024, only one European city has 100 or more skyscrapers exceeding 150 metres (490 ft): Moscow (108). Five other European cities have 10 or more skyscrapers exceeding 150 metres (490 ft): Istanbul (52), A London (38), Paris (23), Frankfurt (19), and ...
The tallest structure in Europe. Fire in 2000 led to renovation Troll A platform: offshore platform: gas drilling and production: 472 m (1,549 ft) 1996: Norway: North Sea: 303 m (994 ft) of height is below sea surface Lakhta Center: skyscraper: offices and public spaces
This is a list of the tallest completed buildings in Europe at the end of recent decades. Heights are measured to the structural height, which includes architectural elements, but not communications spires or antennas. All measurements are according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Only the tallest 10 completed buildings in ...
From the Pyramids of Giza to Beijing’s CCTV building by Rem Koolhaas, these are the most iconic buildings of all time.
Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 feet) high, The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the seventh-tallest building in Europe, and the second-tallest outside Russia behind the Varso Tower in Warsaw, which beats the Shard by less than half a metre. [14] The Shard replaced Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in ...
The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor [ˈbʁandn̩ˌbʊʁɡɐ ˈtoːɐ̯] ⓘ) is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin.One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
Photograph showing the Mole with a temporary dome, in 1875. Night view of the building. The building was conceived and constructed as a synagogue.The Jewish community of Turin had enjoyed full civil rights since 1848, and at the time the construction of the synagogue began, Turin was the capital of the new Italian state, a position it held only from 1860 to 1864.
List of tallest buildings and structures in the world by country; List of tallest buildings and structures in Australia; List of tallest buildings and structures in Austria; List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham; List of tallest buildings and structures in Canada; List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain