Europe's Tallest Skyscraper

9/6/2019

The Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg has Europe's tallest skyscraper. The tower was initially planned to loom over the low-slung historic center of St. Petersburg but an outcry from locals and a warning from UNESCO that the tower's central placement would "damage the image of Russia" led to the original plan being scrapped. In 2011, a parcel of land, around 10 kilometers northwest of St. Petersburg's historic center, was purchased and Gasprom started building the tower in 2015 – St. Petersburg, Russia

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