A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and...
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The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named...
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Jeddah Tower or Burj Jeddah (Arabic: برج جدة), previously known as Kingdom Tower (برج المملكة), is a skyscraper construction project in Jeddah, Saudi...
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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames...
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The Tower of Babel is an origin myth and parable in the Book of Genesis meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. According...
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A fortified tower (also defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as...
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7115556 The Petronas Towers (Malay: Menara Berkembar Petronas), also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an interlinked...
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Dark Tower may refer to: The Dark Tower (1943 film), a circus film starring Herbert Lom Dark Tower (1987 film), a horror film starring Jenny Agutter The...
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On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, at 00:54 BST and burned for...
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Tower of Terror may refer to: Tower of Terror (Gold Reef City), a vertical drop roller coaster in Johannesburg, South Africa Tower of Terror II, a shuttle...
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