Stretching 230 metres
high, the Torre Garibaldi in Milan’s Porta Nuova area was recently
named the country’s tallest structure. With its 78-metre, 500-tonne
antenna, the Torre Garibaldi, built by Unicredit, Italy’s second
largest bank, casts a shadow longer than that of the Palazzo
Lombardia, headquarters of the Region of Lombardy.
With its antenna, the
Torre Garibaldi, located 10 kilometres from the seat of the Lombardy
Region, is four times taller than the Leaning tower of Pisa and twice
as tall as Milan’s Cathedral.
In an official press
release, however, the Region of Lombardy reminded the nation that the
Palazzo Lombardia is the tallest building in Italy, as the usable
space of the Torre Garibaldi measures just 158 metres and it has just
32 storeys.
‘The tallest building in
Italy remains Palazzo Lombardia at 161.4 metres, which has more
usable office space than the tower [made] by Cesar Pelli,’ the
architect who also designed the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur.
The Lombardy Region will
continue to offer free tours to the building’s 39th floor, Milan’s
highest lookout point.
