Alcide De Gasperi building

Alcide De Gasperi building


General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Coordinates	49°37′06″N 06°08′37″E / 49.61833°N 6.14361°E / 49.61833; 6.14361
Construction started	1960
Completed	1966
Owner	European Union
Technical details
Floor count	23
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Michel Mousel Gaston Witry

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]

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^ ^a ^b "Secretariat of the European Parliament". fondskirchberg.public.lu. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
^ "European Convention Center". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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