Baghdad Tower
Baghdad Tower | |
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Ma'moon Tower | |
Former names | International Saddam Tower |
General information | |
Status | constructed |
Type | Mixed use: telecommunication, restaurant, observation |
Location | Baghdad, Iraq |
Completed | 1994 |
Renovated | 2010 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 205.0 m (673 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Engineer | Ibrahim Taha Albamarni |
Baghdad Tower (Al-Ma'mun) (Arabic: برج بغداد, previously called International Saddam Tower, is a 205 m (673 ft) TV tower in Baghdad, Iraq. The tower opened in 1994 and replaced a communications tower destroyed in the Gulf War. A revolving restaurant and observation deck are located on the top floor. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the tower was occupied by American soldiers and was renamed as Baghdad Tower.
Gallery[]
The Baghdad Tower, on the right.
Baghdad Tower, July 2007.
Rebuilding the tower and its surroundings.
Tower Center, December 2010.
Tower Center (Al Mamoun Communications Center), December 2010.
Al Mamoun Communications Center, Feb 2018.
External links[]
- "Ma'amoon Telecommunication Center". SkyscraperPage.
- Baghdad Television Tower at Structurae
- Information to the reconstruction
Coordinates: 33°18′12″N 44°21′15″E / 33.30333°N 44.35417°E
Categories:
- Towers completed in 1994
- Towers with revolving restaurants
- Monuments and memorials in Iraq
- Towers in Iraq
- Buildings and structures in Baghdad
- Radio masts and towers
- 1994 establishments in Iraq
- Observation towers
- Baghdad stubs