List of tallest structures in Europe


This is a list of the tallest structures of any kind which exist in Europe. The list contains all types of structures, including guyed masts and oil drilling platforms of 350 metres or more. The list doesn't contain Warsaw Radio Mast which was the tallest structure in the world between 1974 and 8 August 1991 at 2120 ft, but does not exist anymore.

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History

The following is a list of structures that were historically the tallest in Europe.
FromToStructureLocationHeight
11801240Malmesbury Abbey TowerMalmesbury, United Kingdom
12401311Tower of Old St Paul's CathedralLondon, United Kingdom
13111549Tower of Lincoln CathedralLincoln, United Kingdom
15491647Tower of St Mary's churchStralsund, Germany
16471874Tower of Strasbourg CathedralStrasbourg, France
18741876Tower of St. NikolaiHamburg, Germany
18761880Tower of Rouen CathedralRouen, France
18801889Tower of Cologne CathedralCologne, Germany
18891933Eiffel TowerParis, France
19331939Lakihegy TowerSzigetszentmiklós, Hungary
19391946Deutschlandsender Herzberg/ElsterHerzberg, Germany
19461949Lakihegy TowerSzigetszentmiklós, Hungary
19491961Raszyn radio transmitterŁazy, Poland
19611963Gerbrandy TowerIJsselstein, Netherlands
19631967Longwave radio mast HellissandurHellissandur, Iceland
19671974Ostankino TowerMoscow, Russia
19741991Warsaw Radio MastKonstantynów, Poland
1991presentOstankino TowerMoscow, Russia