Maritim Plaza Tirana is a luxury hotel in

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owned by German Maritim hotel chain. It is located on ''28 Nëntori Street'', near the

Skanderbeg Square The Skanderbeg Square () is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The total area is about 40,000 square metres. The Skanderbeg Monument dominates the ...

. The hotel building is also known as the TID Tower, after the Tirana International Development corporation that originally commissioned its construction. The design comes from

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architectural firm 51N4E, and construction started on 14 January 2007. "The building is designed as a constellation of 3 singular buildings: the tower of 85 m height coming down to the ground, a 5 story glass building with a cantilevering roof that creates a public open air galleria; and a concrete building with a hollowed out quarter dome, embracing the tomb of Suleiman Pasha ic;_actually_the_Kapllan_Pasha_Tomb.html" ;"title="Kapllan_Pasha_Tomb.html" ;"title="ic; actually the Kapllan Pasha Tomb">ic; actually the Kapllan Pasha Tomb">Kapllan_Pasha_Tomb.html" ;"title="ic; actually the Kapllan Pasha Tomb">ic; actually the Kapllan Pasha Tomb" The central tower stands at tall, and consists of 24 floors. The TID Tower's architectural design is notable for its sensitive incorporation of the

Kapllan Pasha Tomb The Kapllan Pasha Tomb () is a Muslim ''Türbe'' of Albania, located in the center of Tirana. It is a Cultural Monument of the first category and was so declared by the government of Albania in 1948. It was built in the early 19th century, with ...

, tucked in a void in one of the complex’s low-slung concrete buildings, and for its use of concrete panels cast on-site. The building design was featured in the 15th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016. Tirana is the highest building of Albania. Tirana Kapllan Pasha Tomb

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