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Käfigturm

Switzerland

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Käfigturm is a Baroque tower in Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site of the Old City of Bern and the tower is a Cultural Property of National Significance. The original tower was built as a gate house during the second expansion of Bern in 1256. The tower was demolished in 1640 and completely rebuilt immediately thereafter.

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

More tall towers in Switzerland

  1. Bantiger TV Tower196.2 m
  2. Aeschentor m
  3. Aeschenschwibbogen m
  4. Gate of Saint Alban m
  5. Santa Maria in Calanca Castle m

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  2. Tokyo Skytree · Oshiage634 m
  3. KRDK-TV mast · Traill County627.8 m
  4. Diversified Communications Tower · South Carolina609.6 m
  5. KATV tower · Jefferson County609.6 m
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  7. Abraj Al Bait · Mecca601 m
  8. Canton Tower · Chigang Subdistrict600 m