Skyline

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A skyline is best described as the overall or partial view of a silhouette of a city's tall buildings and structures consisting of many skyscrapers in front of the sky in the background. It can also be described as the artificial horizon that a city's overall structure creates. Skylines serve as a kind of fingerprint of a city, as no two skylines are alike. Skylines that are stretched out to a large (sometimes panoramic) view because of large cities or twin cities are called cityscapes. In many metropolises, skyscrapers play a significant role in defining the skyline.

Galleries of images

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

External links

• Di Serio's top 15 Skylines
• The Skyline Project Collection of Skyline Photographs from across the United States
• The World's Best Skylines calculated ranking list of skylines
• All About Skyscrapers
• Tallest Cities of the World
• Emporis ranking of cities by the visual impact of their skylines

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