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HTML

<div class="outer">
  <nav class="inner">
    <a href="#">link</a>
    <a href="#">link</a>
    <a href="#">link</a>
  </nav>
</div>

CSS

.outer {
  position: relative;
	height: 400px;
}

.inner {
  position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	text-align: center;
	font-size: 28px;
	font-weight: bold;
	height: 100%;
	border: 1px solid #000;
}

.inner a {
  text-decoration: none;
  display: inline-block;
	border: 1px solid #ff0000;
	padding-left: 18px;
	padding-right: 18px;
	height: 100%;
	vertical-align: middle;
  display: -webkit-inline-box;
  display: -webkit-inline-flex;
  display: -ms-inline-flexbox;
  display: inline-flex;
  -webkit-box-align: center;
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  -ms-flex-align: center;
  align-items: center;

 }