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| name = Cairo Tower | native_name = {{lang-ar|برج القاهرة}}, Borg Al-Qāhira, | native_name_lang = | status = | image = Cairotower.jpg | image_alt = | caption = Cairo tower in 2008 | location = Cairo, Egypt | coordinates = {{coord|30|02|45|N|31|13|28|E|region:EG-C_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}} | start_date = 1956 | completion_date = 1961 | architect = Naoum Shebib | owner = Government of Egypt | cost = $6m | floor_area = | top_floor = | floor_count = 90 | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723034417/http://www.cairotower.net/ cairotower.net] (requires Adobe Flash; in English) | references = | map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = Communications, observation, restaurants, visitor attraction | antenna_spire = {{convert|187|m|ft|abbr=off}} | roof = | elevator_count = 3 | structural_engineer= | main_contractor = | image_map = | opening = 1961[1] | developer = | management = }} The Cairo Tower ({{lang-ar|برج القاهرة}}, Borg Al-Qāhira) is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At {{Convert|187|m|ft|abbr=on}}, it has been the tallest structure in Egypt and North Africa for about 50 years. It was the tallest structure in Africa for ten years until 1971, when it was surpassed by Hillbrow Tower in South Africa. One of Cairo's well-known modern monuments, sometimes considered Egypt's second most famous landmark after the Pyramids of Giza, it stands in the Gezira district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, close to downtown Cairo. HistoryBuilt from 1954 to 1961, the tower was designed by the Egyptian architect Naoum Shebib.[1] Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a pharaonic lotus plant, an iconic symbol of Ancient Egypt. The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a rotating restaurant[2] with a view over greater Cairo. One rotation takes approximately 70 minutes. In the 1960s, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that the funds for the construction of the Tower originated with the Government of the United States, which had provided $US6 million to him as a personal gift with the intent of currying his favour. Affronted by the attempt to bribe him, Nasser decided to publicly rebuke the U.S. government by transferring all of the funds to the Egyptian government for use in building the tower, which was 'visible from the US Embassy just across the Nile, as a taunting symbol of Arab resistance and pride'.[3] Between November 2004 and 17 May 2009 it underwent a EGP 35 million restoration project, completed in time for its fiftieth anniversary on April 2011.{{source needed|date=January 2017}} GallerySee also{{portal|Egypt|Architecture}}
References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=TourEgypt: Cairo Tower |url=http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/cairotower.htm}} 2. ^http://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/cairo/sights/landmarks-monuments/cairo-tower 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Mousa|first1=Sarah|title=Commemorating the United Arab Republic|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/201321985412606377.html|website=Al Jazeera|accessdate=5 March 2017}}{{unbalanced inline|date=May 2018}} External links{{commons category|Cairo Tower}}
8 : Gezira Island|Buildings and structures in Cairo|Towers in Egypt|Lattice shell structures|Towers with revolving restaurants|Buildings and structures completed in 1961|20th century in Egypt|Tourist attractions in Cairo |
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