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This is a list of the longest[clarification needed] multiple-segment buildings and walls (excluding those not intended for human occupancy) in the world.
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
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1. | Great Wall of China | Fortification | From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty | 21,196,000 | 69,541,000 | — | China | 40.67693°N 117.23193°E / 40.67693; 117.23193 | |
2. | Walls of Benin | Fortification | 1450–1500 | 16,015,000 | 52,543,000 | Benin City | Nigeria | 6.33333°N 5.62222°E / 6.33333; 5.62222 | |
3. | Great Wall of Gorgan | Fortification | 224 to 651 AD | 195,000 | 640,000 | — | Iran | [1] | |
4. | Kumbhalgarh | Fortification | 15th century | 36,000 | 118,000 | — | India | [2] | |
5. | Ranikot Fort | Fortification | 17th century | 26,000 | 85,000 | — | Pakistan | [3] | |
6. | Diyarbakır Wall | Fortification | 337 | 6,000 | 20,000 | Diyarbakır | Turkey | ||
7. | Walls of Ston | Fortification | 1461 | 5,500 | 18,000 | Ston | Croatia | ||
8. | Prora | Hotel | 1936–1939 | 4,500 | 14,800 | Binz | Germany | 54°26′12″N 13°34′37″E | Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m |
9. | LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) | Research Facility | 1994–1999 | 4,000 | 13,000 | Livingston, Louisiana Hanford, Washington | United States | Length of each arm.[4] | |
10. | Sighnagi wall | Fortress | 18th century | 4,000 | 13,000 | Sighnagi | Georgia | 41°37′7″N 45°55′18″E | The 4-kilometer-long wall integrated 28 towers, each named according to the village with which they connected the city. [5] |
10. | Government Complex, Sejong | Government building | 2008–2014 | 3,500 | 11,500 | Sejong City | South Korea | 36°30′15″N 127°15′50″E | Six buildings interrupted by roads; none longer than 300m [6] |
11. | Klystron gallery above the Stanford Linear Accelerator | Research facility | 1962–1966 | 3,073.72 | 10,084.4 | Menlo Park, California | United States | 37.41472°N 122.22167°W / 37.41472; -122.22167 | [7] |
12. | Fenestrelle Fort | Fortification | 1728–1850 | 3,000+ | 9,800 | Fenestrelle | Italy | 45°01′47″N 7°03′38″E | |
13. | Three Gorges Dam | Dam | 1994–2008 | 2,335 | 7,661 | China | [8] | ||
14. | Modlin Fortress | Barracks | 1832–1862 | 2,250 | 7,380 | Poland | 52°26′14″N 20°40′52″E | Two buildings, the longest 1330m | |
15. | Moscow Kremlin Wall | Fortification | 1485–1495 | 2,235 | 7,333 | Moscow | Russia | 55.751667°N 37.617778°E / 55.751667; 37.617778 | |
16. | Dubai International Airport Cargo Gateway | Airport terminal | 2008 | 1,774 | 5,820 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 25.24991°N 55.35893°E / 25.24991; 55.35893 | [9] |
17. | Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,750 | 5,740 | Lutsk | Ukraine | 50.761219°N 25.368719°E / 50.761219; 25.368719 | A single, connected building 1750m long |
18. | Kansai International Airport | Airport terminal | 1991–1994 | 1,700 | 5,600 | Osaka | Japan | ||
19. | Red Dog Mine Conveyor Enclosure | Zinc mine conveyor enclosure | 1991 | 1,700 | 5,600 | Alaska | United States | [10] | |
20. | McNamara Terminal Concourse A at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Airport terminal | 2002 | 1,600 | 5,200 | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
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Africa
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | ||
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1. | Walls of Benin | Fortification | 1450–1500 | 16,015,000 | 52,543,000 | Benin City | Nigeria | 6.33333°N 5.62222°E / 6.33333; 5.62222 |
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Asia
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | Country | Coordinates | City | ||
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m | ft | ||||||||
1. | Great Wall of China | Fortification | From Spring and Autumn period to Ming dynasty | 8,851,800 | 29,041,300 | China | — | ||
2. | Kumbhalgarh | Fortification | 15th century | 36,000 | 118,000 | India | — | ||
3. | Ranikot Fort | Fortification | 17th century | 26,000 | 85,000 | Pakistan | |||
4. | Diyarbakır Wall | Fortification | 337 | 6,000 | 20,000 | Turkey | Diyarbakır | ||
5. | Kansai International Airport | Airport terminal | 1991–1994 | 1,700 | 5,600 | Japan | Osaka |
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More information No., Building ...
No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
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1. | Walls of Ston | Fortification | 1461 | 5,500 | 18,000 | Ston | Croatia | ||
2. | Prora | Hotel | 1936–1939 | 4,500 | 14,800 | Binz | Germany | 54°26′12″N 13°34′37″E | Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m |
3. | Venetian Walls of Candia | Fortification | 1462–1560 | 4,300 | 14,100 | Heraklion | Greece | 35.331987°N 25.130427°E / 35.331987; 25.130427 | |
4. | Fenestrelle Fort | Fortification | 1728–1850 | 3,000+ | 9,800 | Fenestrelle | Italy | 45°01′47″N 7°03′38″E | |
5. | Modlin Fortress | Barracks | 1832–1862 | 2,250 | 7,380 | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | Poland | 52°26′14″N 20°40′52″E | Two buildings, the longest 1330m |
6. | Moscow Kremlin Wall | Fortification | 1485–1495 | 2,235 | 7,333 | Moscow | Russia | 55.751667°N 37.617778°E / 55.751667; 37.617778 | Longest building in Russia |
7. | Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,750 | 5,740 | Lutsk | Ukraine | 50.761219°N 25.368719°E / 50.761219; 25.368719 | A single, connected building 1750m long |
8. | St. Kevin's Hospital | Lunatic asylum | 1852 | 1,600 | 5,200 | Cork | Ireland | 51.896753°N 8.507266°E / 51.896753; 8.507266 | |
9. | Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st. (in 305th microdistrict) | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,488 | 4,882 | Murmansk | Russia | 68.918002°N 33.094526°E / 68.918002; 33.094526 | Longest apartment building in Russia |
10. | Bymuren 1-175 | Residential building | 1972–1974 | 1,475 | 4,839 | Hvidovre | Denmark | ||
11. | Apartment house on Akademika Zabolotnogo st. | Apartment house | 1969–1980 | 1,240 | 4,070 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 50.364066°N 30.463371°E / 50.364066; 30.463371 | |
12. | Terminal 4 at the Madrid-Barajas Airport | Airport terminal | 2006 | 1,175 | 3,855 | Madrid | Spain | ||
13. | Karl Marx-Hof | Residential building | 1927–1930 | 1,100 | 3,600 | Vienna | Austria | 48°15′10″N 16°21′54″E | |
14. | "Le Lignon" | Residential building | 1963–1971 | 1,060 | 3,480 | Geneva | Switzerland | 46.20317°N 6.09792°E / 46.20317; 6.09792 | |
15. | "Lange Jammer" Longest skyscraper in the world 60 m high and 1,000 m long | 1968–2010 | 1,000 | 3,300 | Märkisches Viertel | Germany | |||
16. | "Corviale" is the longest with a unique body, and parallelepiped building shape | Residential building | 1972–1982 | 1,000 | 3,300 | Rome | Italy | 41.850959°N 12.411654°E / 41.850959; 12.411654 | |
17. | Potroom of the Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminium Factory | Potroom | 1,000 | 3,300 | Straumsvík | Iceland | 54.142391°N 13.660035°E / 54.142391; 13.660035 | ||
18. | Blok 21 apartment complex – (official name B-7) | Apartment house | 972.5 | 3,191 | Belgrade | Serbia | 44.814444°N 20.429444°E / 44.814444; 20.429444 | ||
19. | Turbine hall of the Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant | Turbine hall | 955 | 3,133 | Lubmin | Germany | 54.142391°N 13.660035°E / 54.142391; 13.660035 | ||
20. | Falowiec | Residential building | 1970–1973 | 860 | 2,820 | Gdańsk | Poland | (satellite photo) | |
21. | "Chinese wall" (Great Wall of China) [clarification needed] | Residential building | 1971–1974 | 830 | 2,720 | Dnipro | Ukraine | 48.417367°N 35.061021°E / 48.417367; 35.061021 | |
22. | "Kilometergebäude" at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base | 820 | 2,690 | Fürstenfeldbruck | Germany | 48.197118°N 11.275449°E / 48.197118; 11.275449 | |||
23. | Turbine hall of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant | Turbine hall | 803 | 2,635 | Chernobyl | Ukraine | 51.388749°N 30.106326°E / 51.388749; 30.106326 | ||
24. | Serpentin (longest of buildings forming the) at Les Courtillières. Whole structure is over 1.1 km (0.68 mi) long in 3 buildings. Architect: Émile Aillaud. | Residential building | 1955–1956 | 700 | 2,300 | Pantin | France | 48.912643°N 2.410716°E / 48.912643; 2.410716 | |
25. | Karlsborg Fortress | Fortification | 1819–1870 | 678 | 2,224 | Sweden |
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Thermal power stations in the former Soviet Union often also have long buildings. According to Wikimapia the building of Ekibastuz GRES-1 in Kazakhstan is 537 metres (1,762 ft) long, and that of the Luhansk power station north of Shchastia, Ukraine, is 672 metres (2,205 ft) long.
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North America
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
1. | LIGO-Livingston | Observatory | 1994–1999 | 4,000 | 13,000 | Louisiana | United States | length relates to each arm[4] | |
2. | Klystron gallery above the Stanford Linear Accelerator | Research facility | 1962–1966 | 3,073.72 | 10,084.4 | Menlo Park, California | United States | 37.41472°N 122.22167°W / 37.41472; -122.22167 | [11] |
3. | McNamara Terminal Concourse A at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | Airport terminal | 2002 | 1,600 | 5,200 | Detroit, Michigan | United States | ||
4. | Gurnee Mills | Shopping mall | 1991 | 1,340 | 4,400 | Gurnee, Illinois | United States | Z-shaped building measured along its winding central corridor | |
5. | Boeing Everett Factory | Airplane factory | 1967 | 1,090 | 3,580 | Everett, Washington | United States | ||
6. | Ronald Reagan Nat'l Airport Main Terminal | Airport building | 1941 | 1,010 | 3,310 | Arlington, Virginia | United States | ||
7. | Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital Building 1 | Medical building | 1921 | 632 | 2,073 | Hines, Illinois | United States | ||
8. | US Coast Guard Air Station, Washington | Military building | 1952 | 570 | 1,870 | Arlington, Virginia | United States | ||
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Oceania
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
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1. | Willsmere – Kew Asylum | Residential | 1871 | 950 | 3,120 | Kew, Victoria | Australia | ||
2. | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | Exhibition centre | 1996 | 450 | 1,480 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | ||
3. | The Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | Stadium | 1996 | 400 | 1,300 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | ||
4. | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre | Exhibition centre | 1988 | 310 | 1,020 | Sydney, New South Wales | Australia | ||
5. | Flinders Street station | Railway station | 1910 | 280 | 920 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia |
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South America
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
1. | Central Institute of Sciences (ICC) of the University of Brasília | University | 1961 | 750 | 2,460 | Brasília, Federal District (Brazil) | Brazil | ||
2. | Edificio Caliche, Conjunto Habitacional Gran Vía – Caliche Building, Gran Vía housing complex | Residential | 1970–1974 | 680 | 2,230 | Antofagasta | Chile | 23.676206°S 70.403977°W / -23.676206; -70.403977 | [12] |
3. | Edificio Huanchaca (Curvo), Conjunto Habitacional Gran Vía – Huanchaca Building, Gran Vía housing complex | Residential | 1967–1969 | 380 | 1,250 | Antofagasta | Chile | 23.675306°S 70.404271°W / -23.675306; -70.404271 | [12] |
4. | Minhocão de Guadalupe – Guadalupe's Big Earthworm | Residential | 1950 | 320 | 1,050 | Guadalupe, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 22.979658°S 43.230245°W / -22.979658; -43.230245 | |
5. | Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera | Public service | 2017 | 310 | 1,020 | Quito, Metropolitan District of Quito | Ecuador | ||
6. | Conjunto Residencial Alcalde Mendes de Moraes (Pedregulho) | Residential | 1947 | 270 | 890 | Rio de Janeiro, São Cristóvão Neighborhood | Brazil | ||
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Middle East
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No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
1. | Great Wall of Gorgan | Fortification | 224-651 AD | 195,000 | 640,000 | – | Iran | ||
2. | Terminal 3, Concourse B at the Dubai International Airport | Airport terminal | 2008 | 924 | 3,031 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates |
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