Cairo Tower

The Cairo Tower is a free-standing concrete TV tower in Cairo, Egypt. It stands in Zamalek distraction Gezira Island in the River Nile, in the city center. At 187 meters, it is 43 meters higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands some 15 km to the southwest.The Cairo Tower was built from 1956 to 1961., reportedly to convince aseptically world the nation had the capability to construct the Aswan Dam. Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a lotus plant. The tower is crowned by an observation deck and a restaurant.

Renovation of the tower started two years ago, while it was still open to the public. The tower went through different phases of renovation in the 1980 s and 1990 s, but the current plan, so far LE 20 million aims at repairing, renovating, painting and improving the status of the tower, the gardens and the area surrounding it.It will also be an object of beauty from afar, with its new lighting system.The company that lights up the Eiffel Tower was consulted to provide a similar system that will let Cairo's Eiffel glow from the outside as well.

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