Euromast
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010.[1] The tower is a concrete structure with an internal diameter of Script error: No such module "convert". and a wall thickness of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] For stability it is built on a concrete block of Script error: No such module "convert". so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform Script error: No such module "convert". above ground and a restaurant. Originally Script error: No such module "convert". in height it was the tallest building in Rotterdam. It lost this position to the high-rise of Erasmus MC (Script error: No such module "convert".)[3] which was completed in 1968, but regained it when the Space Tower was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional Script error: No such module "convert".. Euromast was the highest building of the Netherlands,[4] but was surpassed by De Zalmhaven, also in Rotterdam, in 2021. It is also a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. In 2008, 2009 and 2019, the tower hosted an extreme sports event which featured BASE jumping.
.jpg){kind=link}
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Template:Cite Monumentenregister
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ 5. Erasmus Medisch Centrum (in Dutch) Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Template:Sister project Template:Rijksmonument
- Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Aerial photo (Google Maps)
Template:Tallest buildings in the Netherlands Template:Authority control