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DIAGRAM OF THE

PRINCIPAL HIGH BUILDINGS

OF THE OLD WORLD

nr. Building City Country Feet
1 Porcelain Tower Nankin China 200
2 St. George's Hall Liverpool England 85
3 Tomb of Teodoric Ravenna Italy 50
4 Chichester Cathedral Chichester England 271
5 Victoria Tower Westminster England 331
6 Boston Church Boston England 292
7 Taj Mahal Agra India 220
8 York Cathedral York England 198
9 Temple of Bacchus Teos Lebanon 50
10 Alexandrian Column St. Petersborough Russia 154
11 Column of July Paris France 154
12 Torre Asinelli Bologna Italy 370
13 Bell Tower, St. Mark's Venice Italy 323
14 Coloseum Rome Italy 157
15 Friburg Cathedral Freiburg Germany 385
16 Temple of the Sun Baalbec Lebanon 120
17 Temple of the Ilissus Athens Greece 25
18 Erechtheium Athens Greece 35
19 Chartrea Cathedral Chartres France 403
20 Church of St. Genevieve Paris France 274
21 The Monument London England 202
22 Amiens Cathedral Amiens France 383
23 Church of St. Theobald Thann France 320
24 Royal Albert Hall London England 154
25 St. Stephen's Cathedral Vienna Austria 441
26 Torazzo of Cremona Cremona Italy 396
27 Hotel des Invalides Paris France 310
28 Temple of the Giants Agrigentum Italy 116
29 Parthenon Athens Greece 66
30 Second Pyramid Gheezeh Egypt 447
31 Rouen Cathedral Rouen France 460
32 Strasburg Cathedral Strasbourg France 468
33 Eleanor Cross Waltham England 50
34 Cologne Cathedral Cologne Germany 510
35 Great Pyramid Giza Egypt 460
36 St. Peter's Rome Italy 448
37 St. Paul's London England 360
38 Albert Memorial London England 180
39 Obelisk Luxor Egypt 75
39 Prophylon Luxor Egypt 70
40 Bow Church London England 235
41 Cleopatra's Needle Egypt 68
42 Old St. Paul's London England 508
43 Church of St. Mary Lubeck Germany 400
44 Abbey of St. Stephen Caen France 400
45 Church of St. Martin Landshut Germany 460
46 The Baptisty Pisa Italy 190
47 Tomb at Mylasa Caria Greece 50
48 Church of St. Peter Hamburg Germany 380
49 Obelisk in Piazza di San Giovanna in Laterano Rome Italy 153
50 Antwerp Cathedral Antwerp Belgium 403
51 "Bell Harry" Tower Canterbury England 235
52 Tower of the Winds Athens Greece 45
53 The Cahedral Florence Italy 376
54 Hotel de Ville Brussels Belgium 374
55 Mosque of St. Sophia Constantinople Turkey 182
56 Pantheon Rome Italy 143
57 Chapel of St. Pietro Montorio Rome Italy 40
58 Choriagic Monument of Lysicrates Athens Greece 34
59 Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury England 404
60 Trajan Column Rome Italy 134
61 Cathedral Frankfort-on-Main Germany 326
62 Pyramid of Mycirinus Giza Plateau Egypt 218
63 Church of St. Nicholas Newcastle-on-Tyne England 201
64 Temple of Jupiter Stator Rome Italy 98
65 Mechlin Cathedral Mechlin Belgium 319
66 Bell Tower Florence Italy 266
67 Tomb of Absolom Jerusalem Israel 54
68 Norwich Cathedral Norwich England 309
69 Leaning Tower Pisa Italy 188
70 Pompey's Pillar Alexandria Egypt 100
71 Church of St. Isaac St. Peterborough Russia 336
72 Central Spire Lichfield England 253
72 Western Spire Lichfield England 192
73 Arch of Constantine Rome Italy 70
74 Tower of Ivan Veliki Moscow Russia 260
75 Central Transept, Crystal Palace London England 198
76 Science Schools, South Kensington London England 110
77 Temple of Vesta Tivoli Italy 55
78 Washington Monument Washington D.C. United States 555

The Red Tint indicates Brick; the Stone Color, Stone; the Pink, Granite; the Purple, Bronze, Copper or Lead; and the Yellow, Gold.