The CN Tower, or Canada National Tower, is a broadcast tower located in Toronto’s Entertainment District. Standing 553 meters tall, this Canadian structure is one of the tallest in the world and has become a landmark for all tourists visiting Canada.
Specifically, it is the third-tallest structure in the world (excluding skyscrapers), surpassed only by the Tokyo Skytree (Japan) and the Guangzhou TV Tower (China).
Thanks to its design and construction, the CN Tower can withstand winds of over 400 kilometers per hour and major earthquakes measuring over 8 on the Richter scale.
The Canada National Tower features a revolving restaurant that offers views of the city. This observation deck is considered one of the highest in the world.
The building has a a transmission antenna that is more than 100 meters tall, thereby resolving many transmission problems that existed before its construction and enabling interference-free signal reception. The building has a total of 6 elevators.
Construction of the Canada National Tower began in February 1973, and it was inaugurated three years later, in 1976. The cost of building this impressive structure was approximately 300 million Canadian dollars, approximately.
It is estimated that it took about 40,500 cubic meters of concrete for the construction of the CN Tower.
The CN Tower has become a landmark for tourists from all over the world, attracting more than 2 million visitors each year.
