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Longest fort walls
The longest walls around a fort or castle are the 22.4-mile walls at Kumbhalgarh Fort, a Mewar…
Structures
From the world’s tallest skyscraper to the largest ever LEGO tower. Scale the heights of engineering with this selection of record-breaking buildings and structures.
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Highest concrete dam
Grande Dixence, on the river Dixence in Switzerland, is the highest concrete dam. It was built…
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Tallest building unoccupied
The tallest building that is completely unoccupied is the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.…
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Fastest double-deck lift (elevator)
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Largest vertical maze (permanent)
The largest vertical maze is situated on the front facade of Al Rostamani Maze Tower and has a…
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Tallest residential building
Opened in 2015, the 426-m (1.397-ft), 432 Park Avenue in New York City, New York, USA, is the…
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Longest ancient Roman wall
The longest wall from the ancient Roman world that survives today is the 118-km (73-mile) Hadrian’s…
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Largest structure demolished (by volume, controlled demolition)
The largest structure (by volume) to be demolished by explosives was the 19.821 million cu. m. (70…
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Oldest hedge maze
The oldest surviving hedge maze is located at Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, UK and was built for…
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Tallest man-made structure on land
The tallest man-made structure on land is the Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower) which measures 828 m…
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Largest 3D mandala
The largest 3D Mandala is 7.371 m (24.18 feet) high with a diameter of 14.23 m (46.69 feet) and was…
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Tallest wooden pagoda
The Sakyamuni Pagoda in the Yingxian County of China's central Shanxi Province stands 67.31 m (220…
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Longest floating walkway
The longest floating walkway measures 5.13 km (3.19 miles) and was achieved by Chengdu VENI Tourism…
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