History of the world's tallest buildings with no iron nails. It had a standing total height of 68 m (223 ft) or 80 m (262 ft), making it the tallest structure in East Asia and the tallest wooden structure in the world at the time of its construction. From the 13th century until 1894, the world's tallest building was always a church or cathedral. Old St Paul's Cathedral with its spire was completed in the 13th century. The central spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed Old St Paul's in the early 14th century. The Lincoln Cathedral's spire collapsed in 1549, beginning a long interval where the status
D. S. Senanayake Central College D. S. Senanayake Central College D. S. Senanayake Central College (Sinhala: ඩී.ඇස්. සේනානායක විද්යාලය - මීරිගම) is located in Mirigama. On 19 February 1951 Hon. Minister D.S. Senanayake laid the foundation stone for the school on a site, near the Mirigama railway station. The venerable Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero took the initiative to establish this school and provide higher education for the students in the area. The school was established with a two storey building and other facilities, with an enrolment of 600 students and 25 teachers. The first principal was F. D. Wijesinghe and the new school was called as