Basarab Tower

Basarab Tower
General information
Status	Demolished
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Coordinates	44.45208°N 26.06036°E / 44.45208; 26.06036
Construction started	1986
Completed	1988
Demolished	2020
Height
Roof	104 m (341 ft)

Basarab Tower was an elevator testing building in Bucharest built between 1986 and 1988. It had 23 floors and measured 114 meters. The surface of a level was 400 square meters. The tower's components consisted of 8 wells and laboratories built for testing elevators. It was the tallest industrial building in Romania and the tallest elevator testing tower in Europe. [1] The main purpose of the tower's existence was for testing the elevators which were scheduled to be added in the Palace of the Parliament of Romania.

Demolition of the tower, along with the rest of the IFMA factory, began in April 2020, in its place being built a residential complex.[2]

References

1. Liftul spre cer al lui Ceauşescu (in Romanian)
2. "Ion Țiriac demolează una dintre cele mai înalte clădiri din București. Ce va construi în locul acesteia", Digisport.ro, 21 April 2020, retrieved 25 April 2020

External links

• (in Romanian) Reference