Editing Skyline (section)

==Features==
===High-rise buildings===
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[[File:Detroit, Michigan, skyline ca. 1929.png|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Detroit]]'s skyline, {{Circa|1929}}]]
[[High-rise building]]s, including [[skyscraper]]s, are the fundamental feature of [[urban area|urban]] skylines.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tall Buildings and the Urban Skyline: The Effect of Visual Complexity on Preferences |first1=Tom |last1=Heath |first2=Sandy G. |last2=Smith |first3=Bill |last3=Lim |date=July 2000 |issn=0013-9165 |journal=Environment and Behavior |doi=10.1177/00139160021972658 |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=541–556 |s2cid=5199331 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Skyscraper geography |first=Donald |last=McNeill |doi=10.1191/0309132505ph527oa |journal=Progress in Human Geography |date=February 2005 |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=41–55 |s2cid=220928675 |quote=geographers have tended to neglect the substantial impact of skyscrapers on urban life.}}</ref> Both [[silhouette|contour]]s and [[Siding (construction)|cladding]] (brick or glass) make an impact on the overall appearance of a skyline.

===Towers===
[[File:San Gimignano 05.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[San Gimignano]] Towers in [[Tuscany]], Italy]]
Towers from different [[era]]s make for contrasting skylines.

[[San Gimignano]], in [[Tuscany]], Italy, has been described as having an "unforgettable skyline" with its competitively built towers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/550|title=Historic Centre of San Gimignano|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|website=whc.unesco.org|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804214722/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/550|archivedate=2016-08-04}}</ref>

===Remote locations===
[[File:Mount Everest as seen from Drukair2 PLW edit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Mount Everest]]]]
Some remote locations have notably striking skylines, created either by nature or by sparse human settlement in an environment not conducive to housing significant populations.