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    The Boerentoren (English: "Farmers' Tower"; officially the KBC Tower, originally the Torengebouw van Antwerpen) is a historic high-rise building in Antwerp...
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    Edificio Telefónica in Madrid, Spain, built in 1929; the 87.5 m (287 ft) Boerentoren in Antwerp, Belgium, built in 1932; the 66 m (217 ft) Prudential Building...
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    is recognized as an important example of modernist architecture. De Boerentoren, or "The Farmer's Tower", is a historic Art Deco skyscraper that was...
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    able to rival the Banque de Bruxelles and Generale Bank.: 235  The Boerentoren high-rise building in Antwerp, financed by ABV, was the second-tallest...
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    1952–1953 176 577 32 Terrazza Martini Tower Genoa Italy 1940–1952 108 354 31 Boerentoren Antwerp Belgium 1932–1940 95.8 314 26 Telefónica Building Madrid Spain...
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  • City Center Wisconsin Gas Building Wisconsin Tower Hochhaus Herrengasse Boerentoren Century Center Pavillons français [fr] [1] Résidence de la Cambre Centrale...
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    pre-war skyscraper after Madrid's Telefónica Building and Antwerp's Boerentoren. The building is in the style of Constructivist architecture, designed...
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    sixth tallest skyscraper in Europe, after the Telefónica Building, the Boerentoren, the Ullsteinhaus, the Siemensturm and the Bel-Air-Turm. Built using...
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    UAE 2021–? Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2022-? Boerentoren 'crown', Antwerp, Belgium 2007 Royal Ontario Museum Spirit House Chair...
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    appear, including Toronto's Imperial Bank of Commerce Building, Antwerp's Boerentoren, Liverpool's Royal Liver Building, Madrid's Telefónica Building and Buenos...
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    completion, it was the tallest concrete high-rise in Europe aside from the “Boerentoren” in Antwerp. The tower was officially opened by Benito Mussolini on 1...
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    the western end of the Meir street. In its immediate vicinity is the Boerentoren, a 1930s art deco building which at the time of its construction was...
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  • Bloso - Bocholt, Belgium - Boël, Yves - Boechout - Boelare Castle - Boerentoren - Bois de la Cambre - Bombardment of Brussels - Bonheiden - Boom, Antwerp...
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    third-tallest building in Antwerp, behind the Cathedral of our Lady and the Boerentoren. After the completion of an extensive renovation in 2019-2021, where...
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  • Spa-Francorchamps Le Journal des Poètes begins publication. Buildings Boerentoren, Antwerp, completed 5 September – Rik Boel, judge (died 2020) 12 May...
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  • Eeuwfeestkliniek (hospital) built. 1931 – Antwerp Book Fair begins. 1932 – Boerentoren built. 1933 – Museum of Flemish Literature founded. 1940 – May: German...
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  • Antwerp, 1923 Belgische Fruitbeurs (Belgian fruit market), Antwerp, 1936 Boerentoren (now the KBC Tower), Antwerp, 1931 Christus Koningkerk [nl] (Church of...
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