Alcide De Gasperi building

The Alcide De Gasperi building (named after Italian statesman Alcide De Gasperi) is a skyscraper in Kirchberg, 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]

Alcide De Gasperi building
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
LocationLuxembourg City, Luxembourg
Coordinates49°37′06″N 06°08′37″E
Construction started1960
Completed1966
OwnerEuropean Union
Technical details
Floor count23
Design and construction
Architect(s)
  • Michel Mousel
  • Gaston Witry

Footnotes

  1. "Secretariat of the European Parliament". fondskirchberg.public.lu. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  2. "European Convention Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
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