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Civic Tower (Pavia)

Italy

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Civic Tower (Torre Civica) was a tower built in the Italian city of Pavia in the 11th century, next to Pavia Cathedral. Built to a rectangular base, it was 72 metres (236 feet) high. The tower collapsed in 1989 and has not been rebuilt.

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

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