1. The Pyramid Giza Egypt
Giza Pyramid or also called (Khufu Pyramid of Cheops) is the highest building in the world for 3,800 years! This pyramid is built around 2560 BCE as the tomb of the Pharaoh Khufu. The settlement of the building is alleged to take 20 years with the number of workers around 100,000 people. This pyramid high initially 146,5 m, but due to soil erosion during the thousands of years, high now reduced to 138.8. New Year in the year 1300 M, reborn as the highest building in the world has been solved by the Cathedral Lincoln (Index) with the tower as tall as 160 m. But still, the pyramid holding the record as the oldest highest buildings in the world, namely for almost 4 of the millennium.
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2.Church Ulm Minster, Germany
A church becomes the highest buildings in the world may be previously unimaginable proportions. But since the architecture gotik endemic in Europe in the middle ages, every city in Europe compete to build the churches with the highest tower. As a note, a church gotik that "ordinary" generally have high 7 floors.
The Church has never been recorded as the highest buildings in history is Ulm Minster, a Protestant Church which is located in the city of Ulm, Germany. The development of this church started since 1377 and new fully completed in 1890. When the church gotik generally have two towers, Ulm church was built with only one tower, but with the height of the nonplus until 161,5 m or as high as around 40 floors! Until now, Ulm Minster church still holds the title as the highest church in the world.
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3. Washington Monument Washington D.C., United States
The obelisk-shaped monument is becoming the highest in the world since 1884 with high 170 m. This monument was built to honor the first president of the United States, namely Goerge Washington. This monument only holds the title of the highest buildings in the world for 5 years. However, this monument remains to be the highest building in Washington DC.
4. The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
This building is not only a chance to become famous for the highest building in the world in the year 1930, but until now known as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Art deco style building with high 319 m was designed by William Van Allen on the orders of a businessman named Walter P. Chrysler. Unfortunately, this building must be satisfied holds the title of the highest building only during 11 months only after the defeated Empire State Building a year later.
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5. Empire State Building New York, United States
This building has high 381 m with 102 floors. This building was named in accordance with the epithet of the city of New York as "Empire State". The building is famous throughout the world, not only because it has never been the highest building, but also thanks to the film King Kong. Yes, you must still remember the scenes of the legendary King Kong climb up to the Empire State building.
Because of the height of this building, never a military aircraft crashing into this building in between the floor of 79 and 80 due to thick fog in 1945, swallow 11 deaths. In addition to the top of the building is equipped with the capture of lightning because so often this building lightning discharges.
This building served the title as the highest building for 40 years, namely from 1931 until 1972, when the development of WTC finished.
6. The CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
Finished in 1976, Tower CN Tower become telecommunication towers the highest in the world for 34 years before finally defeated Burj Khalifa. His name is a shortening of the Canadian National Tower. With the high half kilometers more or right 553 m, buildings skyscrapers surrounding it also appear dwarf. Although has now been defeated by Burj Khalifa, this tower remains the highest buildings in the Western world.
7. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
Is beyond question that this building was the highest building ever created by mankind. With high 828 m and the number of the floor 160, building Burj Khalifa defeating the competitors with easy. But building the highest in the world did not satisfy the people of the United Arab Emirates. This country is intended to rebuild the building as high as 1 km called Burj Dubai.
How with Indonesia? Well, it seems that Indonesia will build the Tower of Jakarta with high 558 m that if completed will be the highest building in the southern hemisphere. The projects started since 1993 but stopped as a result of the economic crisis in 1997. Therefore the condition of the nations who struggled today, can this tower finished?
8. The National Monument (Monas), Tennis Medan Merdeka, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
National Monument or a popular shortened with Monas or Tugu Monas Monument is a warning as tall as 132 meters (433 feet) which was established to commemorate the resistance and the struggle of the people of Indonesia to reclaim the independence from the colonial government of the Netherlands Indies. The development of this monument was started on August 17, 1961, under the command of President Sukarno and opened to the public on 12 July 1975. This monument was crowned the tongue of fire that covered the sheets of gold which symbolize the spirit of the struggle of the blazing fire. The National monument is located right in the middle of the field Medan Merdeka, Central Jakarta.
