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Status | Completed |
Type | Office |
Location | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Coordinates | 49°37′06″N 06°08′37″E / 49.61833°N 6.14361°E / 49.61833; 6.14361 |
Construction started | 1960 |
Completed | 1966 |
Owner | European Union |
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Floor count | 23 |
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The Alcide De Gasperi building (named after Italian statesman Alcide De Gasperi) is a skyscraperinKirchberg, north-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. At 77 m (253 ft) tall and with 23 floors, it was the first skyscraper and the tallest building in Luxembourg, and was thus dubbed Héichhaus ('High House') in Luxembourgish.[1][2] It was built in 1966 to house the Secretariat of the European Parliament.[1]
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