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Jaffna Clock Tower

Sri Lanka

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Jaffna Clock Tower (Yāḻppāṇam Maṇikkūṭṭuk Kōpuram) is a clock tower in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. It is one of the landmarks of the city. It was built to commemorate the visit of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to Ceylon in 1875.

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

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