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Cairo Tower

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Cairo Tower is a tower located in the Egyptian capital Cairo, was built between 1956 - 1961 of reinforced concrete on the design of a lotus flower of Egypt, designed by Noam Shabib, is located in the heart of Cairo on the Nile River island of Zamalek

Height of up to 187 meters, higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters. There on the top of the Cairo Tower restaurant on the tourist platform revolves revolving restaurant goers to see the features of Cairo from all sides. 
It is one of the highlights of Cairo, which is located in the area of ​​the island Cairo Tower, which is an architectural masterpiece built by the Egyptians in the form of a lotus flower symbol of Pharaonic origin of their civilization, which is the focus of attention of world tourists. It consists of 16 floors and stands on a base of stones granite Aswani already used by ancient Egyptians in building their temples and tombs and in these days, note the increasing number of tourists who go to visit the tower and climb to the roof overlooking the Cairo whole and especially the Arab tourists who are increasingly Tuadhm to Egypt in this days and take a trip inside the elevator tower to reach the end of 45 seconds to see when you stand on the summit panorama full of Cairo, the Pyramids, the television building, the Sphinx, the Nile, Citadel of Salah al-Din, Al-Azhar feel you look in the magnifying glass you will visit Egypt, all in one moment, not only this, but the family can deal with Gdaha in a restaurant tower in floor 14 and at an altitude of 160 meters there is the restaurant ring, which revolves around a focal point to see Cairo with your family in the restaurant, which the 19-table that can hold five people, also there on the floor of the 15 cafeteria overhead that can deal with the juices and drinks that you enjoy to see Cairo from above
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Height of up to 187 meters, higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters. There on the top of the Cairo Tower restaurant on the tourist platform revolves revolving restaurant goers to see the features of Cairo from all sides.
Height of up to 187 meters, higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters. There on the top of the Cairo Tower restaurant on the tourist platform revolves revolving restaurant goers to see the features of Cairo from all sides.

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History of the tower

Cairo Tower was built in the era of President Gamal Abdel Nasser and the construction cost 6 million pounds at the time the United States had given to Egypt in order to influence its position in favor of the case against the French occupation of Algeria. In his words, a military historian Gamal Hammad, when they were building the tower had two names Valomercan called the «thorn Nasser», while the Egyptians have called the «stop Roosevelt» The Cairo Tower largest and longest «no» in history as the six million did not fool the eyes of President Abdel Nasser to change his attitude towards the Arab issues, and refused even to be devoted to spend on infrastructure in Egypt, despite the need for the country at the time of this amount, but he wanted Nasser to build the building remains a note of the prominent with time knows the Egyptians the dignity and even when they are most in need, despite that the amount carried Hassan Touhami who was then an adviser to the President and was the amount in a bag handed to the president after his return from a visit to the United States that were not our relationship has worsened under the name of helping the heads of friendly states, but rejected Nasser whatever its name and he is now visited by Arab tourists, foreigners and Egyptians to remember the history .

Suffice it to mention that the tower built in 5 years and participated in building 500.
Height of up to 187 meters, higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters. There on the top of the Cairo Tower restaurant on the tourist platform revolves revolving restaurant goers to see the features of Cairo from all sides.
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Renewal

Has been renewal of the Cairo Tower in the work lasted for about two years from 2006 to 2008 and was renewed by the Arab Contractors Company of Egypt and cost the process of restoration and repair about 15 million pounds, which includes treatment and restoration of concrete tower and add a number 3 innings structures of metal down the tower restaurant hull tower and the role of other higher entrance
directly to the main and the establishment of peace and emergency elevator for visitors and the development of the entrance to the tower, as well as finishing and interfaces tower and add new external lighting
 

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