Monday, August 31, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Lajim Tower

Iran

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Lajim Tower (Borj-e Lajim), also known as Tomb Tower of Lajim, is a 14-metre-high (46 ft) cylindrical tower used as a mausoleum, that is located in the village of Lajim near Savadkuh, in the province of Mazandaran, Iran. The tower was completed in 413 AH (1022/1023 CE), during the Bavand dynasty that ruled over the region at the time. The mausoleum was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 24 January 1935 and is administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

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

More tall towers in Iran

  1. Milad Tower435 m
  2. Monar Jonban m
  3. Aliabad Tower m
  4. Gonbad-e Qabus (tower) m
  5. Azadi Tower m

Other tall towers worldwide

  1. Warsaw radio mast · Konstantynów646.4 m
  2. Tokyo Skytree · Oshiage634 m
  3. KRDK-TV mast · Traill County627.8 m
  4. Diversified Communications Tower · South Carolina609.6 m
  5. KATV tower · Jefferson County609.6 m
  6. KVLY-TV mast · Blanchard605 m
  7. Abraj Al Bait · Mecca601 m
  8. Canton Tower · Chigang Subdistrict600 m