List of Tallest Towers in The World - Timeline of Tallest Tower

Timeline of Tallest Tower

From To Tower Country Town Pinnacle height
8000 BC 1500 BC Tower of Jericho Palestine/ Israel Jericho 8.5 m
1500 BC 562 BC Luxor Obelisk Egypt Luxor 23 m
562 BC 280 BC Tower of Babel Iraq Babylon 91 m
280 BC 1180 AD Pharos Lighthouse Egypt Alexandria 122 m
1180 1240 Malmesbury Abbey Tower United Kingdom Malmesbury 131.3 m
1240 1311 Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral United Kingdom London 150 m
1311 1549 Tower of Lincoln Cathedral United Kingdom Lincoln 159.7 m
1549 1625 Tower of St. Olaf Estonia Tallinn 159 m
1625 1647 Tower of St Mary's church Germany Stralsund 151 m
1647 1874 Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral France Strasbourg 142 m
1874 1876 Tower of St. Nikolai Germany Hamburg 147 m
1876 1880 Tower of Rouen Cathedral France Rouen 151 m
1880 1889 Tower of Cologne Cathedral Germany Cologne 157.38 m
1889 1958 Eiffel Tower France Paris 312.3 m
1958 1967 Tokyo Tower Japan Tokyo 332.6 m
1967 1976 Ostankino Tower Russia Moscow 540.1 m
1976 2010 CN Tower Canada Toronto 553.33 m
2010 2011 Guangzhou TV Tower China Guangzhou 600 m
2011 present (as of 2012) Tokyo Skytree Japan Tokyo 634 m

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