| Perret tower | |
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La Tour Perret | |
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| General information | |
| Status | interior closed to the public since 1960 |
| Location | Grenoble, Paul Mistral park, France |
| Coordinates | 45°11′05″N 5°44′07″E / 45.18472°N 5.735280°E |
| Groundbreaking | 20 May 1924 |
| Completed | 4 May 1925 (11 months) |
| Opening | 6 September 1925, by Prime Minister Paul Painlevé, Edouard Herriot and André Hesse |
| Cost | 385,000 FRF (in 1924) [2][3] |
| Owner | Grenoble city |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 108 metres (354 ft) |
| Roof | 95 metres (312 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Ground floor and 3 patios [1] |
| Lifts/elevators | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Auguste and Gustave Perret |
| Engineer | Auguste Perret |
The Perret tower, originally called La tour pour regarder les montagnes ("The tower for watching the mountains"),[4] is an observation tower located in Grenoble, in the Paul Mistral public park. It is the first tower built in reinforced concrete in Europe.[5] In 1998, it was officially declared to be a national heritage site.[6] It was built for the International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism[7] where it was the orientation tower and the symbol of the exhibition. Nowadays, it is the last vestige of this exhibition.[7]
- ^ (in French) La tour Perret Archived 22 October 2013 at archive.today
- ^ (in French) Faisons de la tour Perret un chantier pilote ! Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine GRE City Local News, 18 September 2013
- ^ Cédric Avenier (May 2013). CRAterre éditions (ed.). L'ordre du béton (in French). Grenoble. p. 27.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Cédric Avenier (May 2013). L'ordre du béton (in French). Grenoble: CRAterre éditions. p. 43.
- ^ (in French) Tour Perret - Grenoble Archived 10 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine patrimoine-en-isère.fr
- ^ Base Mérimée: PA00117204, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Tour Perret, située dans le parc Paul-Mistral
- ^ a b (in French) Modern and contemporary heritage Archived 16 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine