Towers completed in 1890

clock tower in Istanbul, Turkey

The was Japan's first Western-style skyscraper. It stood in the Asakusa district of City of Tokyo (now Taitō, Tokyo) from 1890 until its demolition in 1923 following the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923. The , as it was affectionately called by Tokyoites, was Tokyo's most popular attraction, and a showcase for new technologies. It housed Japan's first electric elevator.

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heritage building and museum in Bucharest, Romania

observation tower on Hochfirst Mountain in Black Forest