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Michelangelo Towers

Sandton, South Africa

The 858th tallest building in the world

140 m · 459 ft

The Michelangelo Towers is a hotel building in Sandton, South Africa. It is a prominent structure in the Sandton skyline and is one of South Africa's elite hotels, having accommodated guests such as former United States President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

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

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