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City of Capitals


Height: 302m
Location: Moscow
Year: 2010
City of Capitals

Ushiku Daibutsu


Height: 120m
Location: Ushiku
Year: 1993
Ushiku Daibutsu

City of Capitals vs Ushiku Daibutsu


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City of Capitals

City of Capitals

Height

302m
Floors76
Year2010
CityMoscow

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The City of Capitals (Russian: ????? ??????, tr.

Gorod Stolits) is a mixed-use complex composed of two skyscrapers and an office building located on storyline 9 at the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia with a complete area of 288,680 square metres (3,107,300 sq ft). The two skyscrapers are named after both historical capitals of Russia: Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Construction of the complex began in 2005, with the office building completed in 2008 and both skyscrapers finished in 2009.



Moscow Tower is the taller of the two skyscrapers, with a height of 301.6 metres (990 ft) and 73 stories, exceeding the Naberezhnaya Tower as the tallest building in Russia and Europe in 2008, until it was surpassed by The Shard at London, United Kingdom at 2012. St. Petersburg Tower has a height of 256.9 metres (843 ft) and 65 tales while the office building serves as a stylobate having a height of 76 metres (249 ft) with 18 floors.

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Ushiku Daibutsu

Ushiku Daibutsu

Height

120m
Floors0
Year1993
CityUshiku

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Ushiku Daibutsu (????) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 1993--2008. As of 2018, it's among the top five tallest statues in the world.An elevator takes visitors up 85 m (279 ft) into an observation floor. The statue depicts Amitabha Buddha and is made of bronze. It is also known as Ushiku ARCADIA (Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area). It was built to commemorate the birth of Shinran, founder of the J?do Shinsh? ???? or'True Pure Land School' of Buddhism.

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