List of tallest buildings in Genoa
Genoa is the sixth biggest city in Italy. The city and its metropolitan area have four skyscrapers above 100 m (328 ft) and more than 20 skyscrapers between 70 m (230 ft) and 100 m (328 ft). The oldest skyscrapers are the Torre Piacentini, which was built in the years 1938–1940, and Dante 2 built in 1939.
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Tallest buildings[edit]
The list includes buildings around 70 m (230 ft) and above in the city of Genoa and its metropolitan area.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matitone | 
|
109 m (358 ft) | 26 | 1992 | Office |
| 2 | Torre Piacentini | 
|
108 m (354 ft) | 31 | 1940 | Office |
| 3 | Torre Telecom Italia (Sip Tepi) |
105 m (344 ft) | 23 | 1967 | Office | |
| 4 | World Trade Center Genoa | 
|
102 m (335 ft) | 25 | 1992 | Office |
| 5 | MSC Tower [1] | 
|
100 m (328 ft) | 23 | 2014 | Office |
| 6 | Torre Cantore [2] | 92 m (302 ft) | 21 | 1970 | Office | |
| 7 | Torre Sampierdarena 1 [3] | 90 m (295 ft) | 22 | 1970 | Residential | |
| 8= | Corte Lambruschini 1 [4][5] | 
|
87 m (285 ft) | 20 | 1990 | Office |
| 8= | Corte Lambruschini 2 [6][permanent dead link][7] | 
|
87 m (285 ft) | 20 | 1990 | Office |
| 10= | Torre Cap (Shipping Tower) [8][9] | 85 m (279 ft) | 1993 | Office | ||
| 10= | Torre Sole [10] | 
|
85 m (279 ft) | 19 | Residential | |
| 10= | Torre Mare [11] | 85 m (279 ft) | 19 | Residential | ||
| 10= | Torre Luna [12] | 85 m (279 ft) | 19 | Residential | ||
| 14 | Dante 2 [13] | 83 m (272 ft) | 24 | 1939 | mixed use | |
| 15= | Torre Francia [14] | 80 m (262 ft) | 1993 | Office | ||
| 15= | Torre Finmeccanica [15] | 
|
80 m (262 ft) | 16 | 2004 | Office |
| 15= | La Torre Pegli 1 [16] | 80 m (262 ft) | 20 | 1981 | Residential | |
| 18 | Torre Pegli A [17] | 78 m (256 ft) | 20 | 1970 | Residential | |
| 19 | Lighthouse of Genoa | 
|
77 m (253 ft) | N/A | 1538 | Lighthouse |
| 20= | Starhotel President [18] | 75 m (246 ft) | 19 | Hotel | ||
| 20= | Torre Sampierdarena 2 [19] | 75 m (246 ft) | 18 | 1970 | Residential | |
| 20= | I Gemelli [20] | 75 m (246 ft) | 18 | 1993 | mixed use | |
| 23= | Comparto 1 [21] | 70 m (230 ft) | ||||
| 23= | Torre ELAH [22] | 70 m (230 ft) | 20 | 2007 | mixed use | |
| 23= | Torre Pegli B [23] | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 1970 | Office | |
| 23= | Torre Pegli C [24] | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 1970 | Office | |
| 23= | Torre Corso Europa [25] | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 1980 | Residential | |
| 23= | Torre Quartoalto [26] | 70 m (230 ft) | 16 | 1989 | Residential | |
| 29 | Comparto 1 [27] | 70 m (230 ft) | 1993 | Office |
Tallest under construction - approved and proposed[edit]
| Name | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Status | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo 1 [28] | 160 m (525 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 2 [29] | 160 m (525 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 3 [30] | 160 m (525 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 4 [31] | 160 m (525 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 5 [32] | 160 m (525 ft) | cancelles | ||
| Leonardo 6 [33] | 160 m (525 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Torri degli Erzelli [34] | 140 m (459 ft) | 40 | cancelled | |
| Leonardo 7 [35] | 110 m (361 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 8 [36] | 110 m (361 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 9 [37] | 110 m (361 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 10 [38] | 110 m (361 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 11 [39] | 110 m (361 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Leonardo 12 [40] | 110 m (361 ft) | cancelled | ||
| Torri Erzelli[1] | 80 m (262 ft) | 21 | Proposed | |
| Torre Gadolla [41] | 80 m (262 ft) | 20 | cancelled | Office |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Tre nuove torri sulla collina Erzelli. E il Comune lancia la monorotaia". GREAT Campus: Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico di Genova - Erzelli (in Italian). 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
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