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Matitone

Italy

The 1019th tallest building in the world

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The Matitone (a popular nickname meaning literally "big pencil", officially San Benigno North Tower) is a high-rise office building in the San Teodoro district of the San Benigno area in Genoa, Italy. Built between 1987 and 1990, and inaugurated in 1992, the tower stands at 109 m (358 ft) tall with 26 floors. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Mario Lanata and Andrea Messina and is currently used as a business center. It has been the tallest building in Genoa since its completion in 1992.

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Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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