Galfa Tower

The Galfa Building or Galfa Tower is a skyscraper in , , located in the district, north of the city centre. It was designed by architect Melchiorre Bega in 1956 and completed in 1959.
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Photo: Francesco Falconetti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Office building
  • Description: skyscraper in Milan, Italy
  • Also known as: “Galfa” and “Torre Galfa”
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Milano Centrale Railway Station and Bosco Verticale.

Railway station
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Milano Centrale is the main railway station of the city of , Northern Italy, and is the second busiest railway station in Italy for passenger flow and the largest railway station in Europe by volume. is situated 430 metres east of Galfa Tower.

The is a complex of two residential skyscrapers designed by Boeri Studio and located in the district of Milan, Italy. They have a height of 116 metres and 84 m and within the complex is an 11-storey office building. is situated 660 metres west of Galfa Tower.

Office building
Photo: Albertomos, Public domain.
Pirelli Tower is a 32-storey, 127 m skyscraper in , . The base of the building is 1,900 m2, with a length of 75.5 m and a width of 20.5 m. The construction used approximately 30,000 m3 of concrete. is situated 250 metres southeast of Galfa Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro Direzionale di Milano and Abbadesse.

Neighborhood
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The is a business district in , , part of the administrative division. It is located north-west of the city centre, between the major railway stations of and .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
The Zone 9 of Milan, since 2016 officially Municipality 9 of Milan, is one of the 9 administrative divisions of , . It was officially created as an administrative subdivision during the 1980s.

Galfa Tower

Latitude
45.48633° or 45° 29′ 11″ north
Longitude
9.19877° or 9° 11′ 56″ east
Inception
1959
Levels
32
Height
118 metres (387 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF5PX+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89444224
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q3995192
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Galfa Tower” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج الجلفا”
  • French: “Tour Galfa”
  • Italian: “Galfa”
  • Italian: “Torre Galfa”
  • Lombard: “Torr Galfa”
  • Spanish: “Torre Galfa”

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