Observation towers of the world
Observation and lookout towers recorded in Wikidata with coordinates, with country, location, year built, architect and height. One row per tower.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Name | string | — |
| entity | Wikidata | entity | — |
| country | Country | country | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country it is in (present-day country). |
| country_name | Country name | string | — |
| location | Location | string | Administrative area it lies in (Wikidata P131), e.g. town, municipality or county. |
| year_built | Year built | year | Year of inception or construction (Wikidata P571; earliest value when several are given). Negative = BCE. |
| architect | Architect | string | Architect(s) of the tower (Wikidata P84). |
| height_m | Height | number · m | Height of the tower, in metres, as recorded in Wikidata (P2048). |
| sitelinks | Wikipedia articles | integer | Number of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites with an article about it — a rough measure of fame. |
| lat | Latitude | number | — |
| lon | Longitude | number | — |
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