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Churwalden Abbey

Switzerland

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

Churwalden Abbey is a former Premonstratensian abbey in the municipality of Churwalden, Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It was founded around 1150, abandoned after the Protestant Reformation and was formally dissolved in July 1803. It is a Swiss heritage sites of national significance.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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