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List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

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List of pre-twentieth century structures by height

{{Incomplete list|date=February 2023}}

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! rowspan=2|Name

! rowspan=2|Municipality
(current)

! rowspan=2 width=100|Country
(current)

! colspan=2|Height

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! rowspan=2 class="unsortable"| Comments

(feet)

!(metres)

Eiffel TowerParisFrance9863001889
New Brighton TowerNew BrightonUnited Kingdom5671731898–1900Tower dismantled from 1919.
Washington MonumentWashington, D.C.United States5551691884
Mole AntonellianaTurinItaly549.54167.51889
Ulm MinsterUlmGermany529.92161.531890
Lincoln CathedralLincolnUnited Kingdom5251601311Spire destroyed in 1549.
Blackpool TowerBlackpoolUnited Kingdom5181581894
Cologne CathedralCologneGermany5161571880
Yongning PagodaLuoyangChina448data-sort-value="154.95" | 137~154.95516Burned to the ground in 534 after being struck by lightning.
Beauvais CathedralBeauvaisFrance156 (choir)
502 (tower)		47.5 (choir)
153 (tower)		1272/1569From 1569 to 1573, the tower was the tallest structure on Earth.
Rouen CathedralRouenFrance4951511876
St. Mary's ChurchStralsundGermany4951511625Spire destroyed 1647. Reconstructed with about 104 meters.
Old St. Paul's CathedralLondonUnited Kingdom493150.21314Spire destroyed in 1561. Completely destroyed in 1666.
St. NikolaiHamburgGermany4821471874
Great PyramidGizaEgypt481146.6{{Date table sorting
2570|format=hide}} {{Circa|2570 BC}}One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Pyramid of KhafreGizaEgypt475143{{Date table sorting
2530|format=hide}}{{Circa|2530 BC}}
Strasbourg CathedralStrasbourgFrance4721421439Highest building between 1647 and 1874, between the St. Mary's Church spire collapse and the construction of the Church of St. Nicholas.
Halsbrücker EsseHalsbrückeGermany4591401889
St. Peter's BasilicaVatican City4521381626
St. Stephen's CathedralViennaAustria448data-sort-value="136.74" | c. 136.741433
St. Lambert's Cathedral

|Liège

|Belgium

|443

|135

|1391

|Dismantled from 1794.

St. Martin's ChurchLandshutGermany428130.61500Tallest brickwork tower in the world.
Amiens CathedralAmiensFrance415126.61533
St. Mary'sLübeckGermany4101251350Second tallest brickwork tower in the world.
St. Olaf's ChurchTallinnEstonia4071241519Spire destroyed in 1625.
Cathedral of Our LadyAntwerpBelgium4041231521
Salisbury CathedralSalisburyUnited Kingdom4041231320
Belltower of Peter and Paul CathedralSaint PetersburgRussia401122.51733
JetavanaramayaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka400122data-sort-value=301| 273{{ndash}}301
Basilica of San GaudenzioNovaraItaly3971211887
Phra PathommachediNakhon PathomThailand396120.451870
Kanishka stupaPeshawarPakistan400120200Destroyed by White Huns in 460 CE.
Uppsala CathedralUppsala Sweden389118.7data-sort-value=1893| 19th centuryCurrent height dates back to the last major alterations done in 1893. Tallest structure in the Nordic countries before the 20th century.
Pharos LighthouseAlexandriaEgypt338~387data-sort-value=118| 103~118{{cite book |last=McKenzie|first=Judith |title=The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt: 300 BC – AD 700 |year=2011 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0300170948 |page=42 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KFNCaZEZKYAC&pg=PA384}}{{Date table sorting
280|format=hide}} {{Circa|280 BC}}One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Destroyed by earthquakes in 1303 and 1323.
Sint-WalburgiskerkZutphenNetherlands384117data-sort-value=1599| 16th centuryCurrent height: 76 m. Until 1600, the church was 117 m tall and the highest structure in the Netherlands before the 20th century.
Potala PalaceLhasaChina3841171694
Freiburg MinsterFreiburg im BreisgauGermany380.7116data-sort-value="1330" |{{Circa|1330}}
Church of Our LadyBrugesBelgium379.3115.6data-sort-value="1465" |{{Circa|1465}}Third tallest brickwork tower in the world.
St. Andrew's ChurchHildesheimGermany376114.51883Tallest church tower in Lower Saxony.
Florence CathedralFlorenceItaly375114.51436
Torrazzo of CremonaCremonaItaly369.75112.71309
Shwedagon PagodaYangonMyanmar3671121775Successively rebuilt taller: 18m (1362); 40m (1462)
New St. Paul's CathedralLondonUnited Kingdom365111.21677Built after the destruction of Old St. Paul's.
New York World Building

|New York City

|United States

|361

|110

|1890

|Tallest building in the United States until Philadelphia City Hall in 1901.

Seven-Story Pagoda at Shōkoku-jiKyotoJapan358109.11399Destroyed by fire in 1403.
Dom Tower of UtrechtUtrechtNetherlands3581091382Restored in 1912 to reach current height of 112 metres.
Nieuwe Kerk (Delft)DelftNetherlands356.79108.751895
Milwaukee City HallMilwaukeeUnited States3531081895
Chaturbhuj TempleOrchhaIndia344104.8data-sort-value="1558" | {{Circa|1558}}Chaturbhuj Temple dedicated to Vishnu was the tallest structure in the Indian subcontinent from 1558 to 1970.
Red PyramidDahshurEgypt345105{{Date table sorting
2600|format=hide}}{{Circa|2600 BC}}
St. Catherine's ChurchHoogstratenBelgium343.5104.71548
Palace of JusticeBrusselsBelgium3411041883
Old City Hall (Toronto)TorontoCanada340103.61899Largest civic building in North America prior to 20th century
Cathedral of St. Bartholomew (Plzeň)PlzeňCzech Republic335103data-sort-value="1480" | {{Circa|1480}}Construction begun in 1342.
St Martin's CathedralYpresBelgium3351021370
GiraldaSevilleSpain330104.1156888 m when was constructed in 1171; built it higher in 1568
Shwesandaw PagodaBaganMyanmar328+100+data-sort-value=1057| {{Circa|1057}}100 meters tall without counting its hti spire
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)New York CityUnited States329.6100.51888
Esztergom BasilicaEsztergomHungary3281001856It has 17 meter thick walls and is the third biggest basilica in Europe.
East Seven-Story Pagoda at Tōdai-jiNaraJapan328100data-sort-value=743|{{Circa|743}}Burned down by war in 1181
West Seven-Story Pagoda at Tōdai-jiNaraJapan328100data-sort-value=743| {{Circa|743}}Burned down by lightning in 943
Shwemawdaw PagodaBagoMyanmar32498.81796Raised to 125 m (hti spire inclusive) in 1954
St Mark's CampanileVeniceItaly32398.61514
Onze Lieve VrouwetorenAmersfoortNetherlands322.698.331470
St Vitus ChurchHilversumNetherlands321.5981892
St. Rumbold's CathedralMechelenBelgium31997.28data-sort-value="1520" | {{Circa|1520}}
Torre AsinelliBolognaItaly318.997.2data-sort-value="1185" | before 1185
Grote Kerk (Breda)BredaNetherlands318.24971547
MartinitorenGroningenNetherlands318.2496.8data-sort-value="1550" | {{Circa|1550}}
Great Lavra Bell TowerKyivUkraine31696.51745
Brussels Town HallBrusselsBelgium315961454
Norwich CathedralNorwichUnited Kingdom315961480Building of current spire commenced
Latting ObservatoryNew York CityUnited States315961853Shortened by 75 feet in 1855; destroyed by fire in 1856.
Torre di Arnolfo[Florence][Italy]312951314| Martinikerk (Doesburg)DoesburgNetherlands308.594data-sort-value="1430" | {{Circa|1430}}
Church of St Walburge, PrestonPrestonUnited Kingdom308.5941873
Sint-Jacobus de MeerderekerkThe HagueNetherlands308.5941878
St Eusebius' Church, ArnhemArnhemNetherlands305931550
Saint Vincent's ChurchEekloBelgium305931883
St James CathedralTorontoCanada30592.91874
Statue of LibertyNew York CityUnited States30592.91886
Grote or Sint-JacobskerkThe HagueNetherlands303.592.51424
RuwanwelisayaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka30192{{Date table sorting
140|format=hide}} {{Circa|140 BC}}
Lakshmi Vilas Palace

|Vadodara

|India

|300

|91.44

|1890

|

Notre-Dame de ParisParisFrance30091.441345Spire destroyed on April 15, 2019 (Notre-Dame fire)
EtemenankiBabylonIraq298.5691{{Date table sorting
601|format=hide}} {{Circa|601 BC}}Ziggurat dedicated to Marduk. Alleged to have originally been built, to an unknown height, between the 14th and 9th centuries BC, then destroyed in 689 BC by Sennacherib. Rebuilt {{Circa|600 BC}} by Nebuchadnezzar II. Finally demolished by Alexander the Great in 323 BC.
Belfry of GhentGhentBelgium298.5911380
AbdijtorenMiddelburgNetherlands296.690.4data-sort-value=1400| 1350–1400
Coventry CathedralCoventryUnited Kingdom295901500
Dormition CathedralKharkivUkraine29489.51841
St Bavo's CathedralGhentBelgium292891569
Torre del MangiaSienaItaly289881348
St Walburga ChurchOudenaardeBelgium289881627
United States Capitol BuildingWashington, D.C.United States288871866
WesterkerkAmsterdamNetherlands285871631
Belfry of MonsMonsBelgium285871669
[https://navstevnik.spisskanovaves.eu/en/what-to-see/monuments/the-roman-catholic-parish-church/ The Roman-Catholic Parish Church]Spišská Nová VesSlovakia285871894
St Medardus ChurchWervikBelgium282861433
Grote of Sint-ClemenskerkSteenwijkNetherlands28286data-sort-value=1499| 15th century
Rajabai Clock Tower

|Bombay
(now Mumbai)

|India

|280

|85.3

|1878

|

Liaodi PagodaDingzhouChina276841055
Cathedral of Our LadyAarschotBelgium276841337
St Tillo ChurchIzegemBelgium276841868
Brooklyn BridgeNew York CityUnited States276841883
St Willibrordus Church, BerchemAntwerpBelgium276841891
St Martin's ChurchKortrijkBelgium272831466
Belfry of BrugesBrugesBelgium272831487
Sint-Petrus' Stoel van AntiochiëkerkSittardNetherlands27283data-sort-value="1505" | {{Circa|1505}}
St Gummarus ChurchLierBelgium272831540
Minarets of Selimiye MosqueEdirneTurkey239.570.89{{Cite book |last=Blair |first=Sheila S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mhIgewDtNkC&pg=PA226 |title=The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800 |last2=Bloom |first2=Jonathan M. |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-300-06465-0 |pages=226 |language=en}}1574
Tournai CathedralTournaiBelgium272831700
St. Mary's ChurchGdańskPoland269821502
CunerakerkRhenenNetherlands268.481.81531
HwangryongsaGyeongjuSouth Korea26280660Built by the Silla kingdom following their defeat of Baekjae. Burned by the Mongols in 1238
St. Christopher's Cathedral, RoermondRoermondNetherlands26179.71663
St Salvator's CathedralBrugesBelgium25979data-sort-value=1871| 1350, 1871
Sint-JanskerkMaastrichtNetherlands25979data-sort-value=1500| 1450–1500
Clifton Hill Shot TowerMelbourneAustralia256781882The Clifton Hill Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest structure from its construction until 1930. The landmark has been proclaimed as the world's tallest shot tower by Guinness World Records.{{Cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/71731-tallest-shot-tower |title=Tallest shot tower |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Guinness World Records}}
Municipal Corporation Building

|Bombay
(now Mumbai)

|India

|255

|77.7

|1893

Umayyad Mosque minaret of IsaDamascusSyria253779th centuryIt would be later destroyed but rebuilt by both the Ayyubid and Ottoman Empire.
Kutubiyya MosqueMarrakeshMorocco253771195
Parish Church Saints Nicholas and StephenEggenfeldenGermany253771519
Victoria Terminus

(Renamed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus)

|Bombay
(now Mumbai)

|India

|250

|76.2

|1888

|Data obtained from UNESCO document to ensure authenticity.

Beisi PagodaSuzhouChina249761153
St Nicholas ChurchGhentBelgium24976data-sort-value=1330| 1300–1330Construction completed early in the 14th century, with further extensions during the following centuries to accommodate the growing population.
Aa-kerkGroningenNetherlands249761718The church's current tower was built between 1711 and 1718, after previous versions collapsed in 1671 and 1710.
Clérigos ChurchPortoPortugal24875.61750
Wakefield CathedralWakefieldUnited Kingdom24775.31420
Oude Kerk (Delft)DelftNetherlands246751350
Great Pyramid of Toniná

|Toniná

|Mexico

|246

|75

|850

|Tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.

AbayagiriyaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka24574.6{{Date table sorting
103|format=hide}} {{Circa|103 BC}}
MahachaityaAmaravathiIndia24273{{Date table sorting
300|format=hide}} {{Circa|300 BC}}
Taj MahalAgra, Uttar PradeshIndia240731653
Qutb MinarDelhiIndia23872.5data-sort-value="1200" | {{Circa|1200}}The tower is the tallest free-standing masonry structure in India, and was the tallest in the world until the completion of the Anaconda Smelter Stack in 1919.
La Danta TempleEl MiradorGuatemala23672{{Date table sorting
300|format=hide}} 300 BC
Minarets of Süleymaniye MosqueIstanbulTurkey236721558
Gonbad-e QabusGonbad-e QabusIran236721006
Canterbury CathedralCanterburyUnited Kingdom23571.61498
York Minster

|York

|United Kingdom

|235

|71.6

|1472

|

Pyramid of the SunTeotihuacanMexico233.671.2100
The Ziggurat of Dur-KurigalzuDur-KurigalzuIraq23070{{Date table sorting
1400|format=hide}} {{Circa|1400 BC}}
Belfry of TournaiTournaiBelgium230701294
Qianxun PagodaDali CityChina22869.6data-sort-value=840| 823–840
Gloucester CathedralGloucesterUnited Kingdom22569data-sort-value=1499| 1089–1499
Mekane SelassieAmharaEthiopia225.0768.6 https://www.scribd.com/document/440942589/epdf-pub-the-conquest-of-abyssinia-futuh-al-habasa-pdf, page 184, 150 cubits converts to around 68.6 metres in height{{Date table sorting|1500|format=hide}} {{Circa|15th century}}Destroyed by Gragn in the Ethiopian–Adal War in the 16th century
Bunker Hill MonumentBostonUnited States221671843
General Post Office

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|220+

|67+

|1868

|

Pagoda of Fogong TempleYing CountyChina22067.31056
Galata TowerIstanbulTurkey21966.91348
Husainabad Clock Tower

|Lucknow

|India

|219

|67

|1881

|

Great Pyramid of CholulaCholulaMexico21766{{Date table sorting
200|format=hide}} 200 BC
Arunachaleswara Temple (Also called Annamalaiyar Temple)TiruvannamalaiIndia21766data-sort-value=899| 9th century
Brihadiswara TempleThanjavurIndia217661010Tallest structure of India when built
Ely CathedralElyUnited Kingdom217661375
Malbork CastleMalborkPoland21766data-sort-value=1299| 13th centuryCastle belfry
Thatbyinnyu TempleBaganMyanmar217661150
Angkor WatAngkorCambodia21365data-sort-value="1150" | {{Circa|1150}}
Jagannath Temple

|Puri

|India

|213

|65

|1161

|

Temple of the Two-Headed Serpent (Tikal Pyramid IV)TikalGuatemala21264.6data-sort-value="741" | {{Circa|741}}
Giant Wild Goose PagodaXi'anChina21064704
Minarets of Sultan Ahmed MosqueIstanbulTurkey210641616
Minaret of Jam

|Shahrak District

|Afghanistan

|203

|62

|data-sort-value=1190|{{Circa|1190}}

|The minaret was built around 1190 entirely of baked bricks and is famous for its intricate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration

Gol Gumbaz

|Bijapur
(now Vijayapura)

|India

|203

|61.9

|1656

|

Notre-Dame BasilicaMontrealCanada200601843
Liuhe PagodaHangzhouChina19659.891165
Srivilliputhur Andal templeSrivilliputhurIndia19459data-sort-value=1699| 14th–17th centuriesPrecise date not available
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple

|Tirukoyilur, Tamil Nadu

|India

|194

|59

|data-sort-value=1699|15th–17th centuries

|

Taroona Shot TowerHobartAustralia192.658.71870The Taroona Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest building between 1870 and 1875. It is the tallest cylindrical sandstone tower in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mirisawetiya ViharaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka19258.5{{Date table sorting
161|format=hide}} {{Circa|161 BC}}
Ekambareswarar Temple

|Kanchipuram

|India

|192

|58.5

|data-sort-value=1529|1509–29

|

Leaning Tower of PisaPisaItaly191.4758.361372
Leh Palace

|Leh

|India

|190.3

|58

|data-sort-value=1610|{{Circa|1610}}

|

Pagoda of Tianning TempleBeijingChina18957.8data-sort-value=1120| 1100{{ndash}}1120
Tikal Pyramid VTikalGuatemala18757data-sort-value="700" | {{Circa|700}}
Hagia Sophia CathedralIstanbulTurkey18456.1537
Charminar

|Hyderabad

|India

|184

|56

|1591

|

Kwidzyn CastleKwidzynPoland183561230Castle belfry
El TigreEl MiradorGuatemala18355.8100
Mahabodhi Temple

|Bodh Gaya

|India

|180.4+

|55+

|data-sort-value=599|5th / 6th century

|Tallest structure of India until 1010 CE

Main Pyramid of CalakmulCalakmulMexico180.455100
Temple of the Jaguar Priest (Tikal Pyramid III)TikalGuatemala180.455data-sort-value="810" | {{Circa|810}}
BrihadiswaraTemple

|Gangaikonda Cholapuram

|India

|180.4

|55

|1035

|

Château de CoucyPicardyFrance18055data-sort-value=1220| {{Circa|1220}}Height of Keep, destroyed in 1917.
Home Insurance Building

|Chicago

|United States

|180

|54.9

|1891

|Considered the world's first skyscraper

Lingaraja Temple

|Bhubaneshwar

|India

|180

|54.9

|data-sort-value=1090|{{Circa|1090}}

|

Varadaraja Perumal Temple

|Kanchipuram

|India

|180

|54.9

|data-sort-value=1599|13th–16th century

|

Calcutta High Court

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|180

|54.9

|1872

|

Five-Story Pagoda of Tō-ji

|Kyoto

|Japan

|180

|54.8

|1643

|Tallest existing wooden tower in Japan.

Bombay High Court

|Bombay
(now Mumbai)

|India

|178.5

|54.5

|1862

|

Washington Monument (Baltimore)BaltimoreUnited States17854.41829
Buland Darwaza

|Fatehpur Sikri

|India

|177

|54

|1575

|

Basilica and Convent of St. FrancisSaltaArgentina177541877
Saint Paul's Cathedral

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|175

|53.3

|1847

|Its original height was 61m; after damages caused by earthquake, its top was reconstructed to present height, including flagstaff

Madras High Court

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|175

|53.3

|1892

|

[https://standrewschurchkolkata.in/ Saint Andrew's Church]

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|174+

|53+

|1818

|Height of this church was intended to be more than St John's Church, Calcutta, which in turn was 174 ft.

St John's Church

|Calcutta

(Now Kolkata)

|India

|174

|53

|1787

|

Sarangapani Temple

|Kumbakonam

|India

|173

|52.7

|data-sort-value=1699|13th–17th century

|

Akbar Tomb

(South Gateway)

|Agra

|India

|172

|52.4

|1613

|

Al-Malawiyya Minaret

|Samarra

|Iraq

|171

|53

|851

|

Australian Building

|Melbourne

|Australia

|170.6

|53

|1890

|Demolished in 1980

Meenakshi Amman Temple

|Madurai

|India

|170+

|52+

|data-sort-value=1599|16th century

|

Cathedral of Bogotá

|Bogotá

|Colombia

|170

|52

|1823

|

Dwarkadhish Temple

|Dwarka

|India

|170

|51.8

|data-sort-value=1599|16th century

|

Ananda TempleBaganMyanmar167+51+110551 meters tall without counting its hti spire
Saint Andrew's Church

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|166.6

|50.8

|1818

|

Huaca del SolTrujilloPeru16450450
Virupaksha Temple

|Hampi

|India

|164

|50

|data-sort-value=1399|14th century

|

Htupayon PagodaSagaingMyanmar161+49+data-sort-value=1852| 1851/5249 meters tall without counting its hti spire; originally built in 1444–1454; now raised to 61.5 m (since 2016)
Kalyan MinaretBukharaUzbekistan157+481127One of the few monuments that survived Mongol conquest of Central Asia
ColosseumRomeItaly1574880
Ochterlony Monument
(Renamed as Shaheed Minar)

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|157

|48

|1828

|

San Thome Basilica

|Madras
(now Chennai)

|India

|155

|47.2

|1896

|

Temple of the Great Jaguar (Tikal Pyramid I)TikalGuatemala15447data-sort-value=750| 740{{ndash}}750
Rajagopalaswamy Temple

|Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu

|India

|154

|47

|data-sort-value=1575|1532–1575

|

Humayun Tomb

|Delhi

|India

|154

|47

|1572

|

[https://lucknow.me/save-our-heritage-asifi-masjid-hussainabad-lucknow/ Asafi Masjid]

|Lucknow

|India

|153

|46.6

|1784

|

Laksmi Narasimha Temple

|Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh

|India

|153

|46.6

|1803

|

Ichkabal Structure E-4

|Ichkabal

|Mexico

|151

|46

|600

|

Church of Saint Augustine

|Goa

|India

|150.9

|46

|1602

|Only side part of the tower is still standing, most part is in ruined state

Garh Kundar (Fort)

|Madhya Pradesh

|India

|150

|45.7

|1605–1627

|The fort is older, last renovation is considered as the time for its tallest part

Mahakaleshwar Temple

|Ujjain

|India

|150

|45.7

|data-sort-value=1740|{{Circa|1740}}

|Height is approximate

[https://www.nativeplanet.com/travel-guide/the-frog-temple-in-up-a-rare-and-fascinating-example-of-tantric-architecture-011333.html Narmadeshwar Mahadeo Manduk Temple]

|Oel, Lakhimpur Kheri

|India

|150

|45.7

|1870

|

Old Church of Our Lady Mary of ZionAxumEthiopia147.8345.46 https://habeshahistory.com/aksumite-architecture-part-2-ህዳር-ፅዮን-ማርያም-maryam-tsion/, Height of structure (42.06m) + height of podia (3.4m) gives a total height of 45.46m{{Date table sorting|400|format=hide}} {{Circa|4th century}}Destroyed by Gragn in the Ethiopian–Adal War in the 16th century
Templo MayorMexico CityMexicodata-sort-value="150" | c. 150data-sort-value="45" | c. 451325Destroyed in 1521.
Mausoleum of HalicarnassusBodrumTurkey14845{{Date table sorting
350|format=hide}} |{{Circa|350 BC}}One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Cathedral of CórdobaCórdobaArgentina148451787
Zvartnots CathedralZvartnotsArmenia14845652
Sundaravarada Perumal Temple

|Uthiramerur, Kanchipuram

|India

|145

|44.2

|data-sort-value=1599|12th–16th century

|

Hassan TowerRabatMorocco144441199
Ranganathaswamy Temple

Vellai Gopuram

|Srirangam

|India

|144

|44

|data-sort-value=1699|12th–17th century

|Tallest part of the temple is Rajagopuram (73m), which started to be built around 1500 and completed in 1987.

Thanumalayan Temple
(also called Sthanumalayan Temple)

|Suchindram, Kanyakumari

|India

|144

|44

|data-sort-value=1699|17th century

|

Pyramid of the MoonTeotihuacanMexico14143100
Nataraja Temple Gopuram

|Chidambaram

|India

|140

|42.7

|data-sort-value=1599|16th century

|

[https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/rajasthan/jaipur/attractions/isarlat/a/poi-sig/449395/356451 Iswari Minar Swarga Sal]

(Also called Isarlat Sargasuli)

|Jaipur

|India

|140

|42.7

|1749

|

Dhamek Stupa

|Sarnath

|India

|139.8

|42.6

|data-sort-value=599|5th / 6th century

|

Saint George's Cathedral

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|139

|42.4

|1815

|

Nohoch Mul Pyramid

|Coba

|Mexico

|138

|42

|800

|

Temple of the Masks (Tikal Pyramid II)TikalGuatemala13842data-sort-value="700" | {{Circa|700}}
Bahu Begum ka Maqbara

|Oudh

(Now Ayodhya)

|India

|137.8

|42

|1816

|

Bibi ka Maqbara

|Aurangabad

(Now Sambhaji Nagar)

|India

|137

|41.8

|1668

|

Madras Central Railway Station

(Renamed as MGR Central Railway Station)

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|136

|41.4

|1873

|

Sankara Narayanaswamy Temple

|Sankarankovil, Tamil Nadu

|India

|135

|41

|data-sort-value=1199|12th century

|

Jama Masjid

|Delhi

|India

|135

|41

|1656

|

Prong's Lighthouse

|Bombay
(now Mumbai)

|India

|135

|41

|1875

|

Grat Be'al GibriYehaEthiopia133.0740.56{{Date table sorting
750|format=hide}} {{Circa|750 BC}}
Pyramid of the Magician

|Uxmal

|Mexico

|131

|40

|560

|

Mahmud Gawan Madrasa

|Bidar

|India

|131

|39.9

|1472

|

El CastilloXunantunichBelize13040600
St. Ignatius ChurchBuenos AiresArgentina130401722
[https://www.cnidioceseofagra.org/christ-church-kanpur.aspx Christ Church]

|Kanpur

|India

|130

|39.6

|1840

|

Sun Temple

|Konark

|India

|128

|39

|1250

|Its original height was 70m, got damaged. Present height is that of surviving structure.

Senate House, Madras University

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|128

|39

|1879

|

Kampahareswarar Temple

|Thirubuvanam

|India

|126

|38.4

|1176

|

Ramanathaswamy Temple

|Rameshwaram

|India

|126

|38.4

|data-sort-value=1699|17th century

|Temple itself is much older, its tallest part, East Gopuram in its present form is from 17th century

Old Lighthouse

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|125

|38.1

|1843

|

Cooch Behar Palace

|Cooch Behar

|India

|125

|38.1

|1887

|

Vijaya Stambha

(Victory Tower)

|Chittorgarh

|India

|122

|37.2

|1448

|

Sher Shah Suri Tomb

|Sasaram

|India

|122

|37.2

|1545

|

[https://calcuttawalks.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/the-dead-letter-office-dalhousie-squares-cto-complex/ Dead Letter Office Building]

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|120

|36.6

|1876

|

Secunderabad Clock Tower

|Secunderabad

|India

|120

|36.6

|1897

|

Qila Mubarak (Fort)

|Bathinda

|India

|118

|36

|data-sort-value=1200|{{Circa|1200}}

|Fort existed in 100 AD, was probably upgraded in 12th century.

Mehrangarh Fort

|Jodhpur

|India

|118

|36

|1459

|

Mudhafariyya Minaret

|Erbil

|Iraq

|118

|36

|1232

|Higher parts of the minaret have since fallen off.

Kandariya Mahadeva Temple

|Khajuraho

|India

|117

|35.7

|1030

|Includes height for jagati also.

Se Cathedral

|Goa

|India

|115

|35

|1619

|

Bir Singh Deo Palace

|Datia

|India

|115

|35

|1620

|

Sidi Bashir Mosque

|Ahmedabad

|India

|111.5

|34

|1452

|

Great Pyramid of La VentaLa VentaMexico11034{{Date table sorting
900|format=hide}} {{Circa|900 BC}}
Rochester CastleRochesterUnited Kingdom113341127Height of Keep
Kilmacduagh monasteryCounty GalwayIreland11334data-sort-value=999| 10th centuryHeight of Round Tower, Tallest surviving Irish round tower
Victoria Public Hall

|Madras

(Now Chennai)

|India

|111.5

|34

|1890

|

Minaret of al-Khulafa Mosque

|Baghdad

|Iraq

|112

|34

|908

|Oldest surviving building in Baghdad

Colossus of RhodesRhodesGreece11033.5{{Date table sorting
280|format=hide}} {{Circa|280 BC}}One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It fell after standing for 56 years and then collapsed in an earthquake.
Church of St Anne

|Goa

|India

|110

|33.5

|1695

|

High TempleLamanaiBelize108.2733{{Date table sorting
400|format=hide}} | 400–100 BC
Great StelaeAxumEthiopia108.2733{{Date table sorting|400|format=hide}} {{Circa|4th century}}Collapsed shortly after construction
Red Fort

|Delhi

|India

|108.27

|33

|1648

|

Kailash Temple

|Ellora

|India

|107

|32.6

|data-sort-value=773|756–773

|World's largest sculpted monolithic building

Five-Story Pagoda of Horyuji-Temple

|Ikaruga

|Japan

|107

|32.55

|data-sort-value=711|670–711

|Oldest wooden tower in the world.

Shuja-Ud-Daula Tomb, Gulab Bari

|Oudh

(Now Ayodhya)

|India

|106.6

|32.5

|data-sort-value=1775|1753–1775

|

Kesariya Stupa

|Kesariya

|India

|104

|32

|data-sort-value=899|~8th / 9th century

|

Sivasagar Sivadol

|Sivasagar

|India

|104

|32

|1734

|

Ranakpur Jain Temple

|Ranakpur

|India

|102

|31

|1439

|

Dakshineswar Kali Temple

|Calcutta
(now Kolkata)

|India

|100+

|30+

|1855

|

Chand Baori

(Stepwell)

|Abhaneri

|India

|100

|30

|900

|The figure is for depth below ground level. From bottom, total height shall include superstructure above ground also

Kakanmath Temple

|Sihoniya, MP

|India

|100

|30

|data-sort-value=1035|1015–1035

|

City Palace

|Udaipur

|India

|100

|30

|data-sort-value=1699|16–17th century

|

Ghata Masjid

(Also called Zeenat-Ul-Masajid)

|Delhi

|India

|100

|30

|1707

|

Padmanabhaswamy Temple

|Thiruvananthapuram

|India

|100

|30

|data-sort-value=1758|1729–1758

|

Minaret of Anah

|Anah

|Iraq

|92

|28

|996-1096

|Reconstructed several times due to bombings caused by terrorists in the 21st century.

Obelisk of Axum

|Axum

|Ethiopia

|78

|24{{Cite book |last=Hoffman|first=Barbara T. |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yvXTcGC5CwQC&dq=obelisk+of+Axum+24+m&pg=PA5 |title=Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, Policy and Practice |date=2006 |page=5 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521857642}}{{Cite book |last= Chechi|first= Alessandro |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DekkAwAAQBAJ&dq=obelisk+of+aksum+24+m&pg=PA190 |title=The Settlement of International Cultural Heritage Disputes |date=2014 |page=190 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn= 9780198703990 }}

|{{Date table sorting|400|format=hide}} {{Circa|4th century}}

|Taken to Italy as a spoil of war in 1937. Reinstalled in 2008.

Tomb of Askia

|Gao

|Mali

|55{{Cite book|last= Wiafe-Amoako|first=Francis |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nttJEAAAQBAJ&dq=tomb+of+askia+55+foot&pg=PA114 |title=Africa 2020-2022 |date=2021 |page=114 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9789231041945}}

|17{{Cite book |last=Marshall|first=Duncan |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RTolicvD588C&dq=tomb+of+askia+17+m&pg=PA88 |title=Preparing World Heritage Nominations |date=2011 |page=88 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=9781475856507}}

|1495

|

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