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The Englishman's Tower

Albania

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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The Englishman's Tower (Albanian: Sahati i Inglizit) is a clock tower from Ottoman times located in Shkodër, Albania. It was first recognized as a cultural heritage site by the rectorate of the State University of Tirana under decision no. 6 on January 15, 1963 and subsequently by the Ministry of Education and Culture via reference no. 1886 on June 10, 1973.

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

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