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Belmont Building

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Complete

Location
  
Cairo, Egypt

Roof
  
348 ft (106 m)

Height
  
106 m

Main contractor
  
Naoum Shebib

Type
  
Commercial

Opening
  
1958

Floors
  
31

Opened
  
1958

Architect
  
Naoum Shebib

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Coordinates
  
30° 2' 3.18" N 31° 13' 45.65" E

Similar
  
NECOM House, Marble Towers, 6th October Bridge, Cairo Tower, Grand Nile Tower Hotel

The Thabet-Thabet Building, so named after its original owner, is a skyscraper situated along the banks of the river Nile in the Cairo suburb of Garden City, Egypt. Naoum Shebib was the architect, structural engineer and contractor for this 31 story building,completed in 1958.

The building is also popularly known to locals as the Belmont Building, as it once hosted a large advertisement for Belmont cigarettes on its rooftop

References

Belmont Building Wikipedia