“The Ivan the Great Bell Tower reached its current height of 81 meters in 1599-1600, when the then Tsar Boris Godunov had an additional tier added to the tower with today’s onion dome top. This is reminded to this day by the gilded lettering immediately below the dome”.
I had to use this website as Wiki only mentions that the tower is 81m today and was around 60-65m when it was built in 1508. Turns out it became higher BEFORE 1700.
So, 1 grade off for Russia.
GhostPantherNiall on
Scotland and England were still separate countries in 1700. Ireland was not separated. Germany didn’t exist. Italy was still a collection of states. The Austro-Hungarian empire would like a word about its borders and the Ottoman Empire will fight you. So it’s a completely pointless map OP, sorry.Â
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Whats the idea behind the scaling? It is not even distributed, but also doesnt really narrow down and show dofferences between the top tier.
Surprized by Russia and Turkey
WTF are these buildings? Church bell towers?
No 123 metre Cathedral spire in Russia.
r/switzerlandcykablyat
r/portugalcykablyat
Wouldn’t it be better if you use the historical borders instead of the current ones?
Any Gothic cathedral is taller than 50 metres. Didn’t they have any church in Ireland?
And the map just happens to cut off right before egypt….
In 1695 Korniakt Tower (Lviv) was rebuild to 65,8 m.
Ah yes, the famous 1700 countries of Northern Ireland, Finland, Czechia, Germany…
Missing Peter and Paul Cathedral in St.Petersburg
TBH lads, the Shard’s got nothin’ on Moscow’s Mercury City.
Ukraine should be in 50-75 m catergory.
Korniakt Tower in Lviv was 65.8 m (216 ft) in 1695.[](https://lia.lvivcenter.org/en/objects/korniakt-tower/)
Nice lake there between France Germany and Belgium.
Wonder why Ireland has no tall buildings?
Were any of those tallest buildings not Cathedrals?
For Russia, it should be 81m. This is the height of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower since 1600.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Great_Bell_Tower
https://www.smarttravelers.de/en/sights/russia/moscow/ivan-the-great-bell-tower/
“The Ivan the Great Bell Tower reached its current height of 81 meters in 1599-1600, when the then Tsar Boris Godunov had an additional tier added to the tower with today’s onion dome top. This is reminded to this day by the gilded lettering immediately below the dome”.
I had to use this website as Wiki only mentions that the tower is 81m today and was around 60-65m when it was built in 1508. Turns out it became higher BEFORE 1700.
So, 1 grade off for Russia.
Scotland and England were still separate countries in 1700. Ireland was not separated. Germany didn’t exist. Italy was still a collection of states. The Austro-Hungarian empire would like a word about its borders and the Ottoman Empire will fight you. So it’s a completely pointless map OP, sorry.Â
This map template is shit