Tallest Building
Mercury City Tower in Moscow was topped out on 1st November 2012 and is currently the tallest building in Europe. The Warsaw Radio Mast, a guyed mast for longwave broadcasting, at 646 m (2,119 ft) remains the tallest construction to have been built in Europe, though it collapsed in 1991 and no longer stands. Currently Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow is the tallest structure in Europe.
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