The story
Story · St. Mary's Cathedral
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You're standing at the New Cathedral of Linz, also called the Mariendom. Start by looking up at that tower. It's nearly 135 meters tall, and that 'nearly' is the interesting part. A taller spire was planned, but in old Austria-Hungary no building was allowed to rise above the south tower of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. So Linz politely stopped two meters short.
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