Eurotower (Frankfurt)

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The Eurotower in Frankfurt
The Eurotower in Frankfurt

The Eurotower is a skyscraper located in the downtown of Frankfurt, Germany. This building is 148 meters (486 feet) tall is the seat of the European Central Bank (BCE). [1]


Its construction takes about six years, from 1971 to 1977 and it was designed by the architect Richard Heil.

This building has forty stories and occupies an area of 78.000 m². Is the eleventh tallest building in Frankfurt and the fourteenth in Germany.

There is a plan to build a new seat for the European Central Bank that it will inaugurated in 2011 in the same city on the banks of the Main river. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ European Central Bank Raises Rates on Inflation Fears (2006). Retrieved on 2008-03-27.
  2. ^ "Launch of a public tender for a general contractor to construct the new ECB premises (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-27.

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