Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. It is the largest city in Asia and is administered as federal territory. The name of the city, founded in 1857, can be translated into “muddy confluence”.
Kuala Lumpur Tower
The Menara Kuala Lumpur or Kuala Lumpur Tower is a television tower in the heart of the city. The 412 meter high tower is located on the Bukit Nanas (English: Pineapple Hill) and is the highest television tower in the country.
In the worldwide ranking, it ranks seventh, while Tokyo Skytree has held first place since 2012.
Petronas Twin Towers
One of the most iconic landmarks of Kuala Lumpur are surely the Petronas Twin Towers. The twin buildings were built in the 1990s and are 451.9 metres high.
With this number, the building designed by Argentine architect César Pelli replaced the Willis Tower in Chicago as the tallest building in the world in 1998. Six years later, in 2004, the Petronas Towers had to cede the title to Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
However, the skyscrapers are still the tallest building in Malaysia.
At a height of 172 metres, the two towers are connected by a 60-metre long steel bridge.
