List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

List of pre-twentieth century structures by height

Name Municipality (current) Country (current) Height (feet) Height (metres) Completed Comments
Eiffel TowerParisFrance9863001889
New Brighton TowerNew BrightonUnited Kingdom5671731900Tower dismantled from 1919.
Washington MonumentWashington, D.C.United States5551691884
Mole AntonellianaTurinItaly549.54167.51889
Ulm MinsterUlmGermany529.92161.531890
Lincoln CathedralLincolnUnited Kingdom5251601300Spire destroyed in 1549.
St. Olaf's ChurchTallinnEstonia5221591519Spire destroyed in 1625.
Blackpool TowerBlackpoolUnited Kingdom5181581894
Cologne CathedralCologneGermany5161571880
Rouen CathedralRouenFrance4951511876
St. Mary's ChurchStralsundGermany4951511625Spire destroyed 1647.
Old St. Paul's CathedralLondonUnited Kingdom493150.21240Spire destroyed in 1561.
St. NikolaiHamburgGermany4821471874
Pyramid of KhufuGizaEgypt481146.6c. 2570 BCThe Great Pyramid.
Pyramid of KhafreGizaEgypt475143c. 2530 BC
Strasbourg CathedralStrasbourgFrance4721421439
Halsbrücker EsseHalsbrückeGermany4591401889
St. Peter's BasilicaVatican City4521381626
St. Stephen's CathedralViennaAustria448c. 136.741433
Yongning Pagoda (永宁宝塔)LuoyangChina448c. 136.71516
St. Martin's ChurchLandshutGermany428130.61500
Amiens CathedralAmiensFrance415126.61533
Cathedral of Our LadyAntwerpBelgium4041231521
Salisbury CathedralSalisburyUnited Kingdom4041231320
Church of Our LadyBrugesBelgium401122.7c. 1400
JetavanaramayaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka400122273–301
Basilica of San GaudenzioNovaraItaly3971211887
Phra PathommachediNakhon PathomThailand396120.451870
Pharos LighthouseAlexandriaEgypt377~492115~150c. 280 BCDestroyed by earthquakes in 1303 and 1323.
Potala PalaceLhasaChina3841171694
Florence CathedralFlorenceItaly375114.51436
Torrazzo of CremonaCremonaItaly369.75112.71309
New St. Paul's CathedralLondonUnited Kingdom365111.21677Built after the destruction of the Old St. Paul.
Dom Tower of UtrechtUtrechtNetherlands3581091382Restored in 1912 to reach current height of 112 metres.
Milwaukee City HallMilwaukeeUnited States3531081895
Chaturbhuj TempleOrchhaIndia344104.8c. 1558Chaturbhuj Temple dedicated to Vishnu was the tallest structure in the Indian subcontinent from 1558 CE to 1970 CE.
Red PyramidDahshurEgypt345105c. 2600 BC
Cathedral of St. Bartholomew (Plzeň)PlzeňCzech Republic335103c. 1480Construction begun in 1342.
GiraldaSevilleSpain330101156868 m when was constructed in 1171; built it higher in 1568
St Mark's CampanileVeniceItaly32398.61514
Torre AsinelliBolognaItaly31897.2before 1185
Norwich CathedralNorwichUnited Kingdom315961480Building of current spire commenced
Church of St Walburge, PrestonPrestonUnited Kingdom309941873
RuwanwelisayaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka30092c. 140 BC
EtemenankiBabylonIraq298.5691c. 601 BCZiggurat dedicated to Marduk. Alleged to have originally been built, to an unknown height, between the 14th-9th centuries BC, then destroyed in 689 BC by Sennacherib. Rebuilt c. 600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II. Finally demolished by Alexander the Great in 323 BC .
Coventry CathedralCoventryUnited Kingdom29590
Torre del MangiaSienaItaly289881348
Liaodi PagodaDingzhouChina276841055
Brooklyn BridgeNew York CityUnited States276841883
Minarets of Selimiye MosqueEdirneTurkey272831574
St. Mary's Church Gdansk Poland 269 82 1502
HwangryongsaGyeongjuSouth Korea26280643
Beisi PagodaSuzhouChina249761153
Clérigos ChurchPortoPortugal24875.61750
AbayagiriyaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka24574.6c. 103 BC
MahachaityaAmaravathiIndia24273c. 300 BCDestroyed in British era
Taj MahalAgra, Uttar PradeshIndia240731653
Qutb MinarDelhiIndia23772.5c. 1200
La Danta TempleEl MiradorGuatemala23672300 BC
Minarets of Süleymaniye MosqueIstanbulTurkey236721558
Gonbad-e QabusGonbad-e QabusIran236721006
Canterbury CathedralCanterburyUnited Kingdom23571.61498
Pyramid of the SunTeotihuacanMexico233.671.2100
Monticulo CupisniqueHuaca PrietaPeru22970c. 2400 BC
Tikal Temple IVTikalGuatemala23070c. 741
Qianxun PagodaDali CityChina22869.6823–840
Pagoda of Fogong TempleYing CountyChina22067.31056
Galata TowerIstanbulTurkey21966.91348
Great Pyramid of CholulaCholulaMexico21766200 BC
Brihadeeswarar TempleTanjoreIndia216661010
Angkor WatAngkorCambodia21365c. 1150
Giant Wild Goose PagodaXi'anChina21064704
Minarets of Sultan Ahmed MosqueIstanbulTurkey210641616
Liuhe PagodaHangzhouChina19659.891165
Mirisawetiya ViharaAnuradhapuraSri Lanka19258.5c. 161 BC
Leaning Tower of PisaPisaItaly191.4758.361372
Pagoda of Tianning TempleBeijingChina18957.81100–1120
Hagia Sophia CathedralIstanbulTurkey18456.1537
El TigreEl MiradorGuatemala18355.8100
Main Pyramid of CalakmulCalakmulMexico181.455100
Temple of the Jaguar PriestTikalGuatemala180.455810
Washington MonumentBaltimoreUnited States17854.41829
Basilica and Convent of St. FrancisSaltaArgentina177541877
Huaca del SolTrujilloPeru16450450
ColosseumRomeItaly1574880 BC
Templo MayorMexico CityMexicoc. 150c. 451325Destroyed in 1521.
Mausoleum of HalicarnassusBodrumTurkey14845c. 350 BC
Cathedral of CórdobaCórdobaArgentina148451787
Zvartnots CathedralZvartnotsArmenia14845652
Pyramid of the MoonTeotihuacanMexico14143100
El CastilloXunantunichBelize13040600
St. Ignatius ChurchBuenos AiresArgentina130401722
Great Pyramid of La VentaLa VentaMexico11034c. 900 BC
Colossus of RhodesRhodesGreece11033.5c. 280 BC
High TempleLamanaiBelize10833400–100 BC

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