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ARTS / ARCHITECTURE
List: Top Ten Tallest Buildings in Europe
Date: as at end 2005
Source: Wikiepedia
Base: All buildings in Europe
Notes: Europe's tallest skyscraper is Moscow's 264m 'Triumph Palace', which was topped out in 2003. It is a residential building (mainly luxury flats) consisting of 9 wings, each with its own entrance, and all connected internally by common public areas on the first 5 floors. In 2007 Moscow should see a finished 274m, 73 story 'Capital City' skyscraper and the year after that a 448 meter, 88 story building called the 'Federation Tower' - giving it 4 places in the top ten.
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Rank
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Name
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City
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Year
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Height
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Floors
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1.
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Triumph-Palace
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Moscow
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2005
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264 m
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57
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2.
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Commerzbank Tower
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Frankfurt
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1997
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259 m
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56
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3.
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Messeturm
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Frankfurt
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1990
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257 m
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55
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4.
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Moscow State University
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Moscow
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1953
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240 m
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38
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5.
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One Canada Square
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London
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1990
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235 m
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50
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6.
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Palace of Culture and Science
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Warsaw
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1955
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231 m
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43
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7.
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Tour Montparnasse
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Paris
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1972
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210 m
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59
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8.
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Warsaw Trade Tower
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Warsaw
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1999
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208 m
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43
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9.
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Westendstraße 1
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Frankfurt
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1993
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208 m
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53
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10.
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Millennium Tower
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Vienna
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1999
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202 m
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51
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