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How a steel ball protected Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper in an earthquake
Closed-circuit TV footage of the Taipei skyline at the moment the earthquake hit shows the pagoda-shaped skyscraper ... Taipei 101 was the world’s tallest building when it was completed in ...
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Nara’s famed pagoda to vanish behind shroud for renovation
The pagoda is a designated national treasure and UNESCO World Heritage Site ... The pagoda is about 50 meters tall, making it the second-tallest wooden pagoda in Japan after the one at Toji ...