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Wongaksa Pagoda

South Korea

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Wongaksa Pagoda is a 12-meter tall, ten story marble pagoda located in Tapgol Park, Seoul, South Korea. The pagoda is considered by art historians to be one of the finest Korean pagodas., designated as a National Treasure of South Korea in 1962. In 1999, the government of Seoul decided to cap the pagoda within glass wall to protect itself from worse damage, while as of 2026, experts are on the way of discussing ways to remove the protection wall or else.

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

More tall towers in South Korea

  1. Namsan Seoul Tower236.8 m
  2. Dabotap m
  3. Seokgatap m
  4. Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda m
  5. Yeongsanjeon 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