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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.
| No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | ||||||||
| 1. | Walls of Benin | Fortification | 1450–1500 | 16,015,000 | 52,543,000 | Benin City | Nigeria | 6°20′00″N5°37′20″E / 6.33333°N 5.62222°E | |
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| No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | Country | Coordinates | City | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | ||||||||
| 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″N13°34′37″E / 54.43667°N 13.57694°E | Three buildings, not connected; the longest is 750m |
| 3. | Venetian Walls of Candia | Fortification | 1462–1560 | 4,300 | 14,100 | Heraklion | Greece | 35°19′55″N25°07′50″E / 35.331987°N 25.130427°E | |
| 4. | Fenestrelle Fort | Fortification | 1728–1850 | 3,000+ | 9,800 | Fenestrelle | Italy | 45°01′47″N7°03′38″E / 45.02972°N 7.06056°E | |
| 5. | Modlin Fortress | Barracks | 1832–1862 | 2,250 | 7,380 | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | Poland | 52°26′14″N20°40′52″E / 52.43722°N 20.68111°E | Two buildings, the longest 1330m |
| 6. | Moscow Kremlin Wall | Fortification | 1485–1495 | 2,235 | 7,333 | Moscow | Russia | 55°45′06″N37°37′04″E / 55.751667°N 37.617778°E | |
| 7. | Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,750 | 5,740 | Lutsk | Ukraine | 50°45′40″N25°22′07″E / 50.761219°N 25.368719°E | A single, connected building 1750m long |
| 8. | St. Kevin's Hospital | Lunatic asylum | 1852 | 1,600 | 5,200 | Cork | Ireland | 51°53′48″N8°30′26″E / 51.896753°N 8.507266°E | |
| 9. | Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st. | Apartment house | 1970-s | 1,488 | 4,882 | Murmansk | Russia | 68°55′05″N33°05′40″E / 68.918002°N 33.094526°E | |
| 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°21′51″N30°27′48″E / 50.364066°N 30.463371°E | |
| 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″N16°21′54″E / 48.25278°N 16.36500°E | |
| 14. | "Le Lignon" | Residential building | 1963–1971 | 1,060 | 3,480 | Geneva | Switzerland | 46°12′11″N6°05′53″E / 46.20317°N 6.09792°E | |
| 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°51′03″N12°24′42″E / 41.850959°N 12.411654°E | |
| 17. | Potroom of the Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminium Factory | Potroom | 1,000 | 3,300 | Straumsvík | Iceland | 54°08′33″N13°39′36″E / 54.142391°N 13.660035°E | ||
| 18. | Blok 21 apartment complex – (official name B-7) | Apartment house | 972.5 | 3,191 | Belgrade | Serbia | 44°48′52″N20°25′46″E / 44.814444°N 20.429444°E | ||
| 19. | Turbine hall of the Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant | Turbine hall | 955 | 3,133 | Lubmin | Germany | 54°08′33″N13°39′36″E / 54.142391°N 13.660035°E | ||
| 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°25′03″N35°03′40″E / 48.417367°N 35.061021°E | |
| 22. | "Kilometergebäude" at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base | 820 | 2,690 | Fürstenfeldbruck | Germany | 48°11′50″N11°16′32″E / 48.197118°N 11.275449°E | |||
| 23. | Turbine hall of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant | Turbine hall | 803 | 2,635 | Chernobyl | Ukraine | 51°23′19″N30°06′23″E / 51.388749°N 30.106326°E | ||
| 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°54′46″N2°24′39″E / 48.912643°N 2.410716°E | |
| 25. | Karlsborg Fortress | Fortification | 1819–1870 | 678 | 2,224 | Sweden | |||
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.
| No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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°24′53″N122°13′18″W / 37.41472°N 122.22167°W | [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 | ||
| No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | ||||||||
| 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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| No. | Building | Type | Year(s) built | Length | City | Country | Coordinates | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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