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21:39, 02-Sep-2017
World’s highest sandcastle built in Germany
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The world's highest sandcastle is now standing 16.68 meters (54.72 feet) tall in the German city of Duisburg.
A German travel operator organized the construction of the mammoth sandcastle, bringing in 3,500 tonnes of sand over the past three and a half weeks to the site at a former steelworks in the inland city.
Jack Brockbank, a representative of Guinness World Records, certified the record on Friday. It takes the title from a 14.84-meter (48.69 feet) sandcastle built earlier this year in India.
The new sandcastle is decorated with sand models of tourist attractions such as Athens’ Acropolis, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The castle will be on display until at least September 24 and the site has so far been visited by around 180,000 people, according to the local tour operator who organized the event.
Source(s): AP