The Tour Super-Italie is a residential
skyscraper in the
13th arrondissement of Paris,
France
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. Its exact address is 121-127, Avenue d'Italie. The mainly residential tower was built by the architect
Maurice Novarina, assisted by the architects Jacques Giovannoni and Léger. It includes a private indoor swimming pool and a solarium accessible by a staircase from the 34th floor.
History
Inaugurated in February 1974, with a total height of 112 metres, Super-Italie is the tallest tower of an urban planning operation, known as ''
Italie 13'', which consisted of building residential towers in Paris' 13th arrondissement. A second tower of identical shape was planned to be built in the same block. However, the pausing of ''Italie 13'' ordered during the mandate of the French President
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, , ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981.
After serving as Minister of Finance under prime ...
has led to the cancellation of the project.
Also known in the neighbourhood under the nickname of ''the round tower'', the tower distinguishes from the other towers of the arrondissement by its cylindrical shape while others are parallepipeds. Its total weight is of 44,000 tons, which represents about 4.5 times the weight of the
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Locally nicknamed "' ...
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Transport
This site is served by the
Maison Blanche metro station.
See also
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Skyscraper
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Italie 13
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List of tallest structures in Paris
The tallest structure in the City of Paris and the Île-de-France remains the Eiffel Tower in the 7th arrondissement, 300 meters high ''(or 330 m including the broadcasting antenna at its top)'', completed in 1889 as the gateway to the 1889 Pari ...
External links
Tour Super-Italie(Emporis)
{{13th arrondissement of Paris
Buildings and structures in the 13th arrondissement of Paris
Super-Italie
Residential buildings completed in 1974
Apartment buildings in France
Residential skyscrapers