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Tower of Pedro-Sem

Portugal

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The Tower of Pedro-Sem (Torre do Palácio dos Terenas/Torre de Pedro-Sem/Torre da Marca) is a medieval fortification situated in the civil parish of Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, that protected the northern Portuguese city of Porto.

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

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