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Also known as Petronas Twin Towers, KLCC Twin Towers, Menara Berkembar Petronas, KLCC Tower, The Petronas Towers

twin skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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The Petronas Towers are twin skyscrapers located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and were among the world's tallest buildings when completed in the late 1990s. They serve as an iconic symbol of Malaysia's economic development and have become one of the country's most recognizable landmarks.

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3°09′28″N 101°42′42″E / 3.1578°N 101.7117°E / 3.1578; 101.7117

The Petronas Towers (Malay: Menara Berkembar Petronas), also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an interlinked pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, standing at 451.9 m (1,483 ft). From 1996 to 2004, they were the tallest buildings in the world until they were surpassed by the Taipei 101 building. The Petronas Towers remain the world's tallest twin skyscrapers, surpassing the original World Trade Center towers in New York City, and were the tallest buildings in Malaysia until 2021, when they were surpassed by Merdeka 118. The Petronas Towers are a major landmark of Kuala Lumpur, along with the nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower and Merdeka 118, and are visible in many places across the city.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petronas Towers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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