The Bank of Mauritius Tower (also known as Bank of Mauritius Building or Bank of Mauritius Headquarters) is a

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Port Louis Port Louis (french: Port-Louis; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Polwi or , ) is the capital city of Mauritius. It is mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's ec ...

, the capital of

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

, and a home to

Bank of Mauritius The Bank of Mauritius (french: Banque de Maurice) is the central bank of the Republic of Mauritius. It was established in September 1967 as the central bank of Mauritius. It was modelled on the Bank of England and was, in effect, set up with th ...

. It is the tallest building of the country. When measured to roof, it stands at 98 m (321 ft) and to pinnacle at 124 m (407 ft). The 16,834 m² reinforced concrete structure reached its final height in May 2006. The 22-storey building towers over the Citadel (a hill-top fortification in Port Louis) and is constructed in an area where highrises were once prohibited. It is also the second tallest structure in Mauritius after the much taller 183 m (600 ft) Bigara Station Transmitter (

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) in the upper

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. Its construction took nearly 30 months and is resistant to seasonal

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. Owing to its function, it is among the most technically advanced building in Mauritius. Other tall buildings in

are the

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with its twin lightning rods pointing at 101 m, the 82 m

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and the Air Mauritius Centre with a helipad at 79 m. Outside Port Louis, the

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is 72 m tall. Malherbes Station Transmitter (

) in

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is 97 m tall.

Gallery

Image:Port Louis Skyline.JPG, The Bank of Mauritius Tower dominates the Port Louis skyline (right). Image:Port Louis 2005.JPG, The Bank of Mauritius Tower during construction in July 2005.

Notes and references

* * Le Mauricien (21 January 2006)

External links

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