Tour du Midi
Tour du Midi | |
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Basic data | |
Place: | Brussels , Belgium |
Construction time : | 1962-1967 |
Status : | Built |
Architectural style : | International |
Use / legal | |
Usage : | Offices, observation deck, telecommunications |
Technical specifications | |
Height : | 150.00 m |
Height to the top: | 171.00 m |
Height to the roof: | 148 m |
Rank (height) : |
1 . Place (Belgium) 1 . Place (Brussels) |
Floors : | 38 |
Elevators : | 11 |
Building material : |
Concrete glass steel |
The Tour du Midi ( Dutch : Zuidertoren , German : South Tower ) is a skyscraper in the Belgian capital, Brussels . It is the tallest building in the city and the country . The tower is near the south station . The building is 148 meters high (171 meters with superstructures) and has 41 floors, three of which are underground. The floors can be reached by a total of eleven elevators. The tower was built from 1962 to 1967, at the time it was the tallest building in the European Community (now the European Union ) and was only surpassed in height in 1972 by the Tour Montparnasse in Paris .
From 1995 to 1996 extensive renovation work took place on the glass facade of the building.
Up to 2500 employees can work in the building.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 16 ″ N , 4 ° 20 ′ 15 ″ E