# Basarab Tower

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**Basarab Tower** was an [elevator testing building](/source/Elevator_test_tower) in [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest) built between 1986 and 1988. It had 23 floors and measured 114 meters. The surface of a level was 400 square meters. The tower's components consisted of 8 wells and laboratories built for testing elevators. It was the tallest industrial building in [Romania](/source/Romania) and the tallest elevator testing tower in [Europe](/source/Europe).[1] The main purpose of the tower's existence was for testing the elevators which were scheduled to be added in the [Palace of the Parliament of Romania](/source/Palace_of_the_Parliament_of_Romania).

[Demolition](/source/Demolition) of the tower, along with the rest of the IFMA factory, began in April 2020, in its place being built a residential complex.[2]

## References

1. [Liftul spre cer al lui Ceauşescu](http://www.gandul.info/reportaj/liftul-spre-cer-al-lui-ceausescu-3642035) (in Romanian)

1. ["Ion Țiriac demolează una dintre cele mai înalte clădiri din București. Ce va construi în locul acesteia"](https://www.digisport.ro/special/ion-tiriac-demoleaza-una-dintre-cele-mai-inalte-cladiri-din-bucuresti-ce-va-construi-in-locul-acesteia-827887), *Digisport.ro*, 21 April 2020, retrieved 25 April 2020

## External links

- (in Romanian) [Reference](https://web.archive.org/web/20080229033956/http://www.infoimobiliar.ro/news.php?id=597)

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