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Seven-story Stone Pagoda in Tappyeong-ri, Chungju

South Korea

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Seven-story Stone Pagoda in Tappyeong-ri, Chungju, also called the Jungang Pagoda (Central Pagoda), is a 14.5-meter-tall (48 ft) stone pagoda near the Namhan River in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It is the tallest stone pagoda of the Later Silla period.

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

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