Which of these structures is the tallest?

The height of the dome of St. Peters Basilica is 448 feet (136.5 meters). The next tallest is Big Ben Clock Tower which stands 315 feet (96 meters). Third is the US Capitol which has a height of 289 feet (88 meters) for it's dome. Finally, the fourth tallest structure of the choices is the Taj Mahal at 213 feet (64.9 meters).

These structures do not compete in any way related to purpose, use or history. Each has it's own unique place in the culture of the world and each is worthy of a visit where we stand, look at their height, and reflect on the "engineering" remembering the time period in which each was built.

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Lizet

The dome of St. Peter's rises to a total height of 136.57 metres (448.1 ft) from the floor of the basilica to the top of the external cross. It is the tallest dome in the world.[44] Its internal diameter is 41.47 metres (136.1 ft), slightly smaller than two of the three other huge domes that preceded it, those of the Pantheon of Ancient Rome, 43.3 metres (142 ft), and Florence Cathedral of the Early Renaissance, 44 metres (144 ft). It has a greater diameter by approximately 30 feet (9.1 m) than Constantinople's Hagia Sophia church, completed in 537. It was to the domes of the Pantheon and Florence duomo that the architects of St. Peter's looked for solutions as to how to go about building what was conceived, from the outset, as the greatest dome of Christendom.

johnbheymann

There is no such structure as ‘ the Big Ben Tower ‘ It is called ‘ The Elizabeth Tower ‘ Big Ben is the chime bell of the clock in The Elizabeth Tower .