List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

List of pre-twentieth century structures by height

Name	Municipality (current)	Country (current)	Height		Completed	Comments
			(feet)	(metres)
Eiffel Tower	Paris	France	986	300	1889
New Brighton Tower	New Brighton	United Kingdom	567	173	1898-1900	Tower dismantled from 1919.
Washington Monument	Washington, D.C.	United States	555	169	1884
Mole Antonelliana	Turin	Italy	549.54	167.5	1889
Philadelphia City Hall	Philadelphia	United States	548	167	1894	City Hall was the tallest habitable building in the world from 1894 to 1908.
Ulm Minster	Ulm	Germany	529.92	161.53	1890
Lincoln Cathedral	Lincoln	United Kingdom	525	160	1311	Spire destroyed in 1548.
St. Olaf's Church	Tallinn	Estonia	522	159	1519	Spire destroyed in 1625. Reconstructed with 139 meters.
Blackpool Tower	Blackpool	United Kingdom	518	158	1894
Cologne Cathedral	Cologne	Germany	516	157	1880
Yongning Pagoda (永宁宝塔)	Luoyang	China	448	137~154.95	516	Burned to the ground in 534 after being struck by lightning.
Beauvais Cathedral	Beauvais	France	156 (choir) 502 (tower)	47.5 (choir) 153 (tower)	1272/1569	From 1569 to 1573, the tower was the tallest structure on Earth.
Rouen Cathedral	Rouen	France	495	151	1876
St. Mary's Church	Stralsund	Germany	495	151	1625	Spire destroyed 1647. Reconstructed with about 104 meters.
Old St. Paul's Cathedral	London	United Kingdom	493	150.2	1314	Spire destroyed in 1561. Completely destroyed in 1666.
St. Nikolai	Hamburg	Germany	482	147	1874
Great Pyramid	Giza	Egypt	481	146.6	c. 2570 BC	One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Pyramid of Khafre	Giza	Egypt	475	143	c. 2530 BC
Strasbourg Cathedral	Strasbourg	France	472	142	1439	Highest building between 1647 and 1874, between the St. Mary's Church spire collapse and the construction of the Church of St. Nicholas.
Halsbrücker Esse	Halsbrücke	Germany	459	140	1889
St. Peter's Basilica		Vatican City	452	138	1626
St. Stephen's Cathedral	Vienna	Austria	448	c. 136.74	1433
St. Lambert's Cathedral	Liège	Belgium	443	135	1391	Dismantled from 1794.
St. Martin's Church	Landshut	Germany	428	130.6	1500	Tallest brickwork tower in the world.
Amiens Cathedral	Amiens	France	415	126.6	1533
St. Mary's	Lübeck	Germany	410	125	1350	Second tallest brickwork tower in the world.
Cathedral of Our Lady	Antwerp	Belgium	404	123	1521
Salisbury Cathedral	Salisbury	United Kingdom	404	123	1320
Belltower of Peter and Paul Cathedral	Saint Petersburg	Russia	401	122.5	1733
Jetavanaramaya	Anuradhapura	Sri Lanka	400	122	273–301
Basilica of San Gaudenzio	Novara	Italy	397	121	1887
Phra Pathommachedi	Nakhon Pathom	Thailand	396	120.45	1870
Kanishka stupa	Peshawar	Pakistan	400	120	200	Destroyed by White Huns in 460 CE.
Pharos Lighthouse	Alexandria	Egypt	338~387	103~118	c. 280 BC	One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Destroyed by earthquakes in 1303 and 1323.
Sint-Walburgiskerk	Zutphen	Netherlands	384	117	16th century	Current height: 76 m. Until 1600, the church was 117 m tall and the highest structure in the Netherlands before the 20th century.
Potala Palace	Lhasa	China	384	117	1694
Freiburg Minster	Freiburg im Breisgau	Germany	380.7	116	c. 1330
Church of Our Lady	Bruges	Belgium	379.3	115.6	c. 1465	Third tallest brickwork tower in the world.
St. Andrew's Church	Hildesheim	Germany	376	114.5	1883	Tallest church tower in Lower Saxony.
Florence Cathedral	Florence	Italy	375	114.5	1436
Torrazzo of Cremona	Cremona	Italy	369.75	112.7	1309
Shwedagon Pagoda	Yangon	Myanmar	367	112	1775	Successively rebuilt taller: 18m (1362); 40m (1462)
New St. Paul's Cathedral	London	United Kingdom	365	111.2	1677	Built after the destruction of Old St. Paul's.
Seven-Story Pagoda at Shōkoku-ji	Kyoto	Japan	358	109.1	1399	Destroyed by fire in 1403.
Dom Tower of Utrecht	Utrecht	Netherlands	358	109	1382	Restored in 1912 to reach current height of 112 metres.
Nieuwe Kerk (Delft)	Delft	Netherlands	356.79	108.75	1895
Milwaukee City Hall	Milwaukee	United States	353	108	1895
Chaturbhuj Temple	Orchha	India	344	104.8	c. 1558	Chaturbhuj Temple dedicated to Vishnu was the tallest structure in the Indian subcontinent from 1558 to 1970.
Red Pyramid	Dahshur	Egypt	345	105	c. 2600 BC
St. Catherine's Church	Hoogstraten	Belgium	343.5	104.7	1548
Palace of Justice	Brussels	Belgium	341	104	1883
Old City Hall (Toronto)	Toronto	Canada	340	103.6	1899	Largest civic building in North America prior to 20th century
Cathedral of St. Bartholomew (Plzeň)	Plzeň	Czech Republic	335	103	c. 1480	Construction begun in 1342.
St Martin's Cathedral	Ypres	Belgium	335	102	1370
Giralda	Seville	Spain	330	104.1	1568	88 m when was constructed in 1171; built it higher in 1568
Shwesandaw Pagoda	Bagan	Myanmar	328+	100+	c. 1057	100 meters tall without counting its hti spire
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)	New York City	United States	329.6	100.5	1888
East Seven-Story Pagoda at Tōdai-ji	Nara	Japan	328	100	c. 743	Burned down by war in 1181
West Seven-Story Pagoda at Tōdai-ji	Nara	Japan	328	100	c. 743	Burned down by lightning in 943
Shwemawdaw Pagoda	Bago	Myanmar	324	98.8	1796	Raised to 125 m (hti spire inclusive) in 1954
St Mark's Campanile	Venice	Italy	323	98.6	1514
Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren	Amersfoort	Netherlands	322.6	98.33	1470
St Vitus Church	Hilversum	Netherlands	321.5	98	1892
St. Rumbold's Cathedral	Mechelen	Belgium	319	97.28	c. 1520
Torre Asinelli	Bologna	Italy	318.9	97.2	before 1185
Grote Kerk (Breda)	Breda	Netherlands	318.24	97	1547
Martinitoren	Groningen	Netherlands	318.24	96.8	c. 1550
Great Lavra Bell Tower	Kyiv	Ukraine	316	96.5	1745
Brussels Town Hall	Brussels	Belgium	315	96	1454
Norwich Cathedral	Norwich	United Kingdom	315	96	1480	Building of current spire commenced
Latting Observatory	New York City	United States	315	96	1853	Shortened by 75 feet in 1855; destroyed by fire in 1856.
Martinikerk (Doesburg)	Doesburg	Netherlands	308.5	94	c. 1430
Church of St Walburge, Preston	Preston	United Kingdom	308.5	94	1873
Sint-Jacobus de Meerderekerk	The Hague	Netherlands	308.5	94	1878
St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem	Arnhem	Netherlands	305	93	1550
Saint Vincent's Church	Eeklo	Belgium	305	93	1883
St James Cathedral	Toronto	Canada	305	92.9	1874
Grote or Sint-Jacobskerk	The Hague	Netherlands	303.5	92.5	1424
Ruwanwelisaya	Anuradhapura	Sri Lanka	301	92	c. 140 BC
Lakshmi Vilas Palace	Vadodara	India	300	91.44	1890
Notre-Dame de Paris	Paris	France	300	91.44	1345	Spire destroyed on April 15, 2019 (Notre-Dame fire)
Etemenanki	Babylon	Iraq	298.56	91	c. 601 BC	Ziggurat dedicated to Marduk. Alleged to have originally been built, to an unknown height, between the 14th and 9th centuries BC, then destroyed in 689 BC by Sennacherib. Rebuilt c. 600 BC by Nebuchadnezzar II. Finally demolished by Alexander the Great in 323 BC.
Belfry of Ghent	Ghent	Belgium	298.5	91	1380
Abdijtoren	Middelburg	Netherlands	296.6	90.4	1350–1400
Coventry Cathedral	Coventry	United Kingdom	295	90	1500
Dormition Cathedral	Kharkiv	Ukraine	294	89.5	1841
St Bavo's Cathedral	Ghent	Belgium	292	89	1569
Torre del Mangia	Siena	Italy	289	88	1348
St Walburga Church	Oudenaarde	Belgium	289	88	1627
United States Capitol Building	Washington, D.C.	United States	288	87	1866
Westerkerk	Amsterdam	Netherlands	285	87	1631
Belfry of Mons	Mons	Belgium	285	87	1669
The Roman-Catholic Parish Church	Spišská Nová Ves	Slovakia	285	87	1894
St Medardus Church	Wervik	Belgium	282	86	1433
Grote of Sint-Clemenskerk	Steenwijk	Netherlands	282	86	15th century
Rajabai Clock Tower	Bombay (now Mumbai)	India	280	85.3	1878
Liaodi Pagoda	Dingzhou	China	276	84	1055
Cathedral of Our Lady	Aarschot	Belgium	276	84	1337
St Tillo Church	Izegem	Belgium	276	84	1868
Brooklyn Bridge	New York City	United States	276	84	1883
St Willibrordus Church, Berchem	Antwerp	Belgium	276	84	1891
St Martin's Church	Kortrijk	Belgium	272	83	1466
Belfry of Bruges	Bruges	Belgium	272	83	1487
Sint-Petrus' Stoel van Antiochiëkerk	Sittard	Netherlands	272	83	c. 1505
St Gummarus Church	Lier	Belgium	272	83	1540
Minarets of Selimiye Mosque	Edirne	Turkey	239.5	70.89	1574
Tournai Cathedral	Tournai	Belgium	272	83	1700
St. Mary's Church	Gdańsk	Poland	269	82	1502
Cunerakerk	Rhenen	Netherlands	268.4	81.8	1531
Hwangryongsa	Gyeongju	South Korea	262	80	660	Built by the Silla kingdom following their defeat of Baekjae. Burned by the Mongols in 1238
St. Christopher's Cathedral, Roermond	Roermond	Netherlands	261	79.7	1663
St Salvator's Cathedral	Bruges	Belgium	259	79	1350, 1871
Sint-Janskerk	Maastricht	Netherlands	259	79	1450–1500
Clifton Hill Shot Tower	Melbourne	Australia	256	78	1882	The Clifton Hill Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest structure from its construction until 1930. The landmark has been proclaimed as the world's tallest shot tower by Guinness World Records.
Municipal Corporation Building	Bombay (now Mumbai)	India	255	77.7	1893
Kutubiyya Mosque	Marrakesh	Morocco	253	77	1195
Parish Church Saints Nicholas and Stephen	Eggenfelden	Germany	253	77	1519
Victoria Terminus (Renamed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus)	Bombay (now Mumbai)	India	250	76.2	1888	Data obtained from UNESCO document to ensure authenticity.
Beisi Pagoda	Suzhou	China	249	76	1153
St Nicholas Church	Ghent	Belgium	249	76	1300–1330	Construction completed early in the 14th century, with further extensions during the following centuries to accommodate the growing population.
Aa-kerk	Groningen	Netherlands	249	76	1718	The church's current tower was built between 1711 and 1718, after previous versions collapsed in 1671 and 1710.
Clérigos Church	Porto	Portugal	248	75.6	1750
Wakefield Cathedral	Wakefield	United Kingdom	247	75.3	1420
Oude Kerk (Delft)	Delft	Netherlands	246	75	1350
Great Pyramid of Toniná	Toniná	Mexico	246	75	850	Tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.
Abayagiriya	Anuradhapura	Sri Lanka	245	74.6	c. 103 BC
Mahachaitya	Amaravathi	India	242	73	c. 300 BC
Taj Mahal	Agra, Uttar Pradesh	India	240	73	1653
Qutb Minar	Delhi	India	238	72.5	c. 1200	The tower is the tallest free-standing masonry structure in India, and was the tallest in the world until the completion of the Anaconda Smelter Stack in 1919.
La Danta Temple	El Mirador	Guatemala	236	72	300 BC
Minarets of Süleymaniye Mosque	Istanbul	Turkey	236	72	1558
Gonbad-e Qabus	Gonbad-e Qabus	Iran	236	72	1006
Canterbury Cathedral	Canterbury	United Kingdom	235	71.6	1498
York Minster	York	United Kingdom	235	71.6	1472
Pyramid of the Sun	Teotihuacan	Mexico	233.6	71.2	100
The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu	Dur-Kurigalzu	Iraq	230	70	c. 1400 BC
Belfry of Tournai	Tournai	Belgium	230	70	1294
Qianxun Pagoda	Dali City	China	228	69.6	823–840
Gloucester Cathedral	Gloucester	United Kingdom	225	69	1089–1499
Bunker Hill Monument	Boston	United States	221	67	1843
General Post Office	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	220+	67+	1868
Pagoda of Fogong Temple	Ying County	China	220	67.3	1056
Galata Tower	Istanbul	Turkey	219	66.9	1348
Husainabad Clock Tower	Lucknow	India	219	67	1881
Great Pyramid of Cholula	Cholula	Mexico	217	66	200 BC
Arunachaleswara Temple (Also called Annamalaiyar Temple)	Tiruvannamalai	India	217	66	9th century
Brihadiswara Temple	Thanjavur	India	217	66	1010	Tallest structure of India when built
Ely Cathedral	Ely	United Kingdom	217	66	1375
Malbork Castle	Malbork	Poland	217	66	13th century	Castle Belfry
Thatbyinnyu Temple	Bagan	Myanmar	217	66	1150
Angkor Wat	Angkor	Cambodia	213	65	c. 1150
Jagannath Temple	Puri	India	213	65	1161
Temple of the Two-Headed Serpent (Tikal Pyramid IV)	Tikal	Guatemala	212	64.6	c. 741
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda	Xi'an	China	210	64	704
Minarets of Sultan Ahmed Mosque	Istanbul	Turkey	210	64	1616
Minaret of Jam	Shahrak District	Afghanistan	203	62	c. 1190	The minaret was built around 1190 entirely of baked bricks and is famous for its intricate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration
Gol Gumbaz	Bijapur (now Vijayapura)	India	203	61.9	1656
Notre-Dame Basilica	Montreal	Canada	200	60	1843
Liuhe Pagoda	Hangzhou	China	196	59.89	1165
Srivilliputhur Andal temple	Srivilliputhur	India	194	59	14th–17th centuries	Precise date not available
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple	Tirukoyilur, Tamil Nadu	India	194	59	15th–17th centuries
Taroona Shot Tower	Hobart	Australia	192.6	58.7	1870	The Taroona Shot Tower held the title of Australia's tallest building between 1870 and 1875. It is the tallest cylindrical sandstone tower in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mirisawetiya Vihara	Anuradhapura	Sri Lanka	192	58.5	c. 161 BC
Ekambareswarar Temple	Kanchipuram	India	192	58.5	1509–29
Leaning Tower of Pisa	Pisa	Italy	191.47	58.36	1372
Leh Palace	Leh	India	190.3	58	c. 1610
Pagoda of Tianning Temple	Beijing	China	189	57.8	1100–1120
Tikal Pyramid V	Tikal	Guatemala	187	57	c. 700
Hagia Sophia Cathedral	Istanbul	Turkey	184	56.1	537
Charminar	Hyderabad	India	184	56	1591
Kwidzyn Castle	Kwidzyn	Poland	183	56	1230	Castle Belfry
El Tigre	El Mirador	Guatemala	183	55.8	100
Mahabodhi Temple	Bodh Gaya	India	180.4+	55+	5th / 6th century	Tallest structure of India until 1010 CE
Main Pyramid of Calakmul	Calakmul	Mexico	180.4	55	100
Temple of the Jaguar Priest (Tikal Pyramid III)	Tikal	Guatemala	180.4	55	c. 810
BrihadiswaraTemple	Gangaikonda Cholapuram	India	180.4	55	1035
Château de Coucy	Picardy	France	180	55	c. 1220	Height of Keep, destroyed in 1917.
Lingaraja Temple	Bhubaneshwar	India	180	54.9	c. 1090
Varadaraja Perumal Temple	Kanchipuram	India	180	54.9	13–16th century
Calcutta High Court	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	180	54.9	1872
Five-Story Pagoda of Tō-ji	Kyoto	Japan	180	54.8	1643	Tallest existing wooden tower in Japan.
Bombay High Court	Bombay (now Mumbai)	India	178.5	54.5	1862
Washington Monument (Baltimore)	Baltimore	United States	178	54.4	1829
Buland Darwaza	Fatehpur Sikri	India	177	54	1575
Basilica and Convent of St. Francis	Salta	Argentina	177	54	1877
Saint Paul's Cathedral	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	175	53.3	1847	Its original height was 61m; after damages caused by earthquake, its top was reconstructed to present height, including flagstaff
Madras High Court	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	175	53.3	1892
Saint Andrew's Church	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	174+	53+	1818	Height of this church was intended to be more than St John's Church, Calcutta, which in turn was 174 ft.
St John's Church	Calcutta (Now Kolkata)	India	174	53	1787
Sarangapani Temple	Kumbakonam	India	173	52.7	13th–17th century
Akbar Tomb (South Gateway)	Agra	India	172	52.4	1613
Australian Building	Melbourne	Australia	170.6	53	1890	Demolished in 1980
Meenakshi Amman Temple	Madurai	India	170+	52+	16th century
Cathedral of Bogotá	Bogotá	Colombia	170	52	1823
Dwarkadhish Temple	Dwarka	India	170	51.8	16th century
Ananda Temple	Bagan	Myanmar	167+	51+	1105	51 meters tall without counting its hti spire
Saint Andrew's Church	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	166.6	50.8	1818
Huaca del Sol	Trujillo	Peru	164	50	450
Virupaksha Temple	Hampi	India	164	50	14th century
Htupayon Pagoda	Sagaing	Myanmar	161+	49+	1851/52	49 meters tall without counting its hti spire; originally built in 1444–1454; now raised to 61.5 m (since 2016)
Kalyan Minaret	Bukhara	Uzbekistan	157+	48	1127	One of the few monuments that survived Mongol conquest of Central Asia
Colosseum	Rome	Italy	157	48	80
Ochterlony Monument (Renamed as Shaheed Minar)	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	157	48	1828
San Thome Basilica	Madras (now Chennai)	India	155	47.2	1896
Temple of the Great Jaguar (Tikal Pyramid I)	Tikal	Guatemala	154	47	740–750
Rajagopalaswamy Temple	Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu	India	154	47	1532–1575
Humayun Tomb	Delhi	India	154	47	1572
Asafi Masjid	Lucknow	India	153	46.6	1784
Laksmi Narasimha Temple	Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh	India	153	46.6	1803
Ichkabal Structure E-4	Ichkabal	Mexico	151	46	600
Church of Saint Augustine	Goa	India	150.9	46	1602	Only side part of the tower is still standing, most part is in ruined state
Garh Kundar (Fort)	Madhya Pradesh	India	150	45.7	1605-1627	The fort is older, last renovation is considered as the time for its tallest part
Mahakaleshwar Temple	Ujjain	India	150	45.7	c. 1740	Height is approximate
Narmadeshwar Mahadeo Manduk Temple	Oel, Lakhimpur Kheri	India	150	45.7	1870
Templo Mayor	Mexico City	Mexico	c. 150	c. 45	1325	Destroyed in 1521.
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus	Bodrum	Turkey	148	45	c. 350 BC	One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Cathedral of Córdoba	Córdoba	Argentina	148	45	1787
Zvartnots Cathedral	Zvartnots	Armenia	148	45	652
Sundaravarada Perumal Temple	Uthiramerur, Kanchipuram	India	145	44.2	12–16th century
Hassan Tower	Rabat	Morocco	144	44	1199
Ranganathaswamy Temple Vellai Gopuram	Srirangam	India	144	44	12–17th century	Tallest part of the temple is Rajagopuram (73m), which started to be built around 1500 and completed in 1987.
Thanumalayan Temple (also called Sthanumalayan Temple)	Suchindram, Kanyakumari	India	144	44	17th century
Pyramid of the Moon	Teotihuacan	Mexico	141	43	100
Nataraja Temple Gopuram	Chidambaram	India	140	42.7	16th century
Iswari Minar Swarga Sal (Also called Isarlat Sargasuli)	Jaipur	India	140	42.7	1749
Dhamek Stupa	Sarnath	India	139.8	42.6	5th / 6th century
Saint George's Cathedral	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	139	42.4	1815
Nohoch Mul Pyramid	Coba	Mexico	138	42	800
Temple of the Masks (Tikal Pyramid II)	Tikal	Guatemala	138	42	c. 700
Bahu Begum ka Maqbara	Oudh (Now Ayodhya)	India	137.8	42	1816
Bibi ka Maqbara	Aurangabad (Now Sambhaji Nagar)	India	137	41.8	1668
Madras Central Railway Station (Renamed as MGR Central Railway Station)	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	136	41.4	1873
Sankara Narayanaswamy Temple	Sankarankovil, Tamil Nadu	India	135	41	12th century
Jama Masjid	Delhi	India	135	41	1656
Prong's Lighthouse	Bombay (now Mumbai)	India	135	41	1875
Pyramid of the Magician	Uxmal	Mexico	131	40	560
Mahmud Gawan Madrasa	Bidar	India	131	39.9	1472
El Castillo	Xunantunich	Belize	130	40	600
St. Ignatius Church	Buenos Aires	Argentina	130	40	1722
Christ Church	Kanpur	India	130	39.6	1840
Sun Temple	Konark	India	128	39	1250	Its original height was 70m, got damaged. Present height is that of surviving structure.
Senate House, Madras University	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	128	39	1879
Ramanathaswamy Temple	Rameshwaram	India	126	38.4	17th century	Temple itself is much older, its tallest part, East Gopuram in its present form is from 17th century
Old Lighthouse	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	125	38.1	1843
Cooch Behar Palace	Cooch Behar	India	125	38.1	1887
Vijaya Stambha (Victory Tower)	Chittorgarh	India	122	37.2	1448
Sher Shah Suri Tomb	Sasaram	India	122	37.2	1545
Dead Letter Office Building	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	120	36.6	1876
Secunderabad Clock Tower	Secunderabad	India	120	36.6	1897
Qila Mubarak (Fort)	Bathinda	India	118	36	c. 1200	Fort existed in 100 AD, was probably upgraded in 12th century
Mehrangarh Fort	Jodhpur	India	118	36	1459
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple	Khajuraho	India	117	35.7	1030	Includes height for jagati also
Se Cathedral	Goa	India	115	35	1619
Bir Singh Deo Palace	Datia	India	115	35	1620
Sidi Bashir Mosque	Ahmedabad	India	111.5	34	1452
Great Pyramid of La Venta	La Venta	Mexico	110	34	c. 900 BC
Rochester Castle	Rochester	United Kingdom	113	34	1127	Height of Keep
Kilmacduagh monastery	County Galway	Ireland	113	34	10th century	Height of Round Tower, Tallest surviving Irish round tower
Victoria Public Hall	Madras (Now Chennai)	India	111.5	34	1890
Colossus of Rhodes	Rhodes	Greece	110	33.5	c. 280 BC	One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It fell after standing for 56 years and then collapsed in an earthquake.
Church of St Anne	Goa	India	110	33.5	1695
High Temple	Lamanai	Belize	108	33	400–100 BC
Red Fort	Delhi	India	108	33	1648
Kailash Temple	Ellora	India	107	32.6	756–773	World's largest sculpted monolithic building
Five-Story Pagoda of Horyuji-Temple	Ikaruga	Japan	107	32.55	670–711	Oldest wooden tower in the world.
Shuja-Ud-Daula Tomb, Gulab Bari	Oudh (Now Ayodhya)	India	106.6	32.5	1753–1775
Kesariya Stupa	Kesariya	India	104	32	~8th / 9th century
Sivasagar Sivadol	Sivasagar	India	104	32	1734
Ranakpur Jain Temple	Ranakpur	India	102	31	1439
Dakshineswar Kali Temple	Calcutta (now Kolkata)	India	100+	30+	1855
Chand Baori (Stepwell)	Abhaneri	India	100	30	900	The figure is for depth below ground level. From bottom, total height shall include superstructure above ground also
Kakanmath Temple	Sihoniya, MP	India	100	30	1015–1035
City Palace	Udaipur	India	100	30	16–17th century
Ghata Masjid (Also called Zeenat-Ul-Masajid)	Delhi	India	100	30	1707
Padmanabhaswamy Temple	Thiruvananthapuram	India	100	30	1729–1758
Obelisk of Axum	Axum	Ethiopia	78	24	c. 4th century	Taken to Italy as a spoil of war in 1937. Reinstalled in 2008.
Tomb of Askia	Gao	Mali	55	17	1495

See also

• History of the world's tallest buildings
• List of tallest buildings and structures