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Glasgow Tower

observation tower in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
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Glasgow Tower

Summary

Glasgow Tower is an observation tower[1]. It draws 47 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #30 of 79).[2]

Key Facts

  • Glasgow Tower is located in Glasgow City[3].
  • Glasgow Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Glasgow Tower's image is recorded as Glasgow-science.tower.jpg[5].
  • Glasgow Tower's image is recorded as Glasgowsciencecentre.jpg[6].
  • Glasgow Tower's instance of is recorded as observation tower[7].
  • Glasgow Tower's architect is recorded as Richard Horden[8].
  • Glasgow Tower's location is recorded as Glasgow[9].
  • Glasgow Tower's Commons category is recorded as Glasgow Tower[10].
  • Glasgow Tower's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20001613[11].
  • +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Glasgow Tower[12].
  • Glasgow Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.8585, 'lon': -4.29325}[13].
  • Glasgow Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h52cj_[14].
  • Glasgow Tower's official website is recorded as http://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/glasgowtower.aspx[15].
  • Glasgow Tower's CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID is recorded as 20527[16].
  • Glasgow Tower's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Glasgow-Tower[17].
  • Glasgow Tower's date of official opening is recorded as +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Glasgow Tower's archINFORM project ID is recorded as 80276[19].
  • Glasgow Tower's historic county is recorded as Lanarkshire[20].

Body

Geography

Glasgow Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Glasgow City[3].

Designation and Status

Glasgow Tower's instance of is recorded as observation tower[7].

History and Context

+2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Glasgow Tower[12].

Why It Matters

Glasgow Tower draws 47 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #30 of 79).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Glasgow
    Architect → Richard Horden
    Inception → —
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Building", "GlasgowTower::4jbxj"]
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "GlasgowTower::4jbxj"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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