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Nogamishimogō Stele

Japan

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Nogamishimogō ishitōba is a stone memorial monument located discovered in the Nogamishimo hamlet of the town of Nagatoro, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. The stele was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1928. It is then largest of its kind in Japan.

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

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