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Tower of D. Pedro Pitões

Portugal

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Tower of D. Pedro Pitões (Torre de D. Pedro Pitões/Torre da Cidade) is a former-medieval fortification situated in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, that protected the northern Portuguese city of Porto.

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

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