Towers are not only tall buildings: these usually become symbols and emblems of the cities. Towers and buildings are freestanding structures; this list does not include masts supported by guy wires. The tallest mast currently standing is the KVLY-TV Mast in North Dakota, built in 1963; it is 629 m (2,063 ft) tall. The tallest mast of all time was the Warszawa Radio Mast near Konstantynów, Poland, built in 1974; it was 646 m (2,120 ft) tall before collapsing during renovation work in 1991. (Note that the name of a building or mast may include the word “tower,” but that does not affect its status.) This list also does not include the Petronius Platform, built in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, which is 610 m (2,001 ft) tall without its spire, or 640 m (2,100 ft) with it. While it is the world’s tallest freestanding structure, 535 m (1,754 ft) of it is underwater and it is partly supported by buoyancy. For sky rapper fans I recommend to also take a look on the section World’s Tallest Buildings.
Take a quick look at these amazing images!
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Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo, Japan
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Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China
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CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
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Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia
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Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China
Milad Tower in Tehran, Iran
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Menara Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Tianjin TV Tower in Tianjin, China
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Central Radio & TV Tower in Beijing, China
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Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine
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Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Liberation Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait
source: discovethetrip.com
Alma-Ata Tower, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Riga TV Tower, R iga, Latvia
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