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Schelmentoren

Netherlands

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Schelmentoren in Heerlen is a Medieval Building that has served as a defendable living tower for the Here van Are (sometimes called the counts van Ahr-Hochstaden) and their successors. As part of the Landsfort Herle, it served as a prison tower. It is believed to be built on command of Theoderich van Are. What is certain is that the building existed in the 12th century.

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

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