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KBC Tower
The Boerentoren ( en, "Farmer's Tower"; officially the KBC Tower, originally the Torengebouw van Antwerpen) is a historic tall building in Antwerp, Belgium. Constructed between 1929 and 1932 and originally high, it remained the tallest building and the second tallest structure of any kind in the city (after the gothic Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp), Cathedral of Our Lady) until 2019, when the Antwerp Tower surpassed it with a height of . At the time of construction it was the second tallest building in Europe by roof height (after Telefónica Building). Designed in Art-deco style, the Boerentoren is one of Europe's very first tall buildings. The Boerentoren remained the list of tallest buildings in Belgium, tallest in Belgium until 1960, and is currently ranked 21st tallest in the country. In 1954 the tower was extended with an Antenna (radio), antenna which reached to a total height of . In 1976, the roof of the tower was raised by , and the current roof height is therefore . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,Statistics Belgium; ''Loop van de bevolking per gemeente'' (Excel file) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, . Retrieved 1 November 2017. it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of around 1,200,000 people, it is the second-largest metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
