Milad Tower
tower in Tehran, Iran
The Milad Tower (Persian: برج میلاد, romanized: Borj-e Milād, lit. 'Birth Tower') is a multi-purpose tower in Tehran, Iran. It is the sixth-tallest tower and the world's first telecommunication tower in terms of the usage area of the top structure and the tallest tower in Iran and the 24th-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The construction of the tower took about 11 years and 7 months.
It is located between Shahrak-e Gharb and the district of Gisha, standing at 435 meters from the base to the tip of the antenna. The head consists of a large pod with 12 floors, the roof of which is at 315 meters.
The tower is a part of the International Trade and Convention Center of Tehran, which also includes a five-star hotel, a convention center, a world trade center, and an IT park.
It is the regular host site of the Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's most prominent film festival.
History
Background
The Milad Tower was part of the Shahestan Pahlavi project, a vast development for a new government and commercial centre for Tehran, that was designed in the 1970s but never materialised, except for the tower. After an international competition, the project was awarded to the Llewelyn Davies Company and construction was inaugurated on 19 August 1975, with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Mayor of Tehran, Gholamreza Nikpey burying a commemorative gold plaque. There is also another background of building this tower, since the construction of the tower was started after the 1979 revolution.
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