Pictures of Liberation Tower - Kuwait - Canon Digital Rebel Camera

Photographer	Kamran {K:3514}
Project	#33 Pictures of Famous Places	Camera Model	Canon Digital Rebel
Categories	Architecture Cityscape Travel	Film Format
Portfolio	Places Architecture Cityscape	Lens	Canon 18-55mm EFS f/3.5-5.6
Uploaded	12/3/2004	Film / Memory Type	Lexar 1GB
		ISO / Film Speed	16
Views	907	Shutter
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/
Critiques	16	Rating	5.41 / 10 Ratings
Location	City - State - Country - Kuwait
About	The Telecommunication Centre, which was inaugurated on 15 March 1996, is located in the heart of Kuwait City and stands on an area of 21 thousand square meters. The Liberation Tower is the most important component of this centre. Its height of 372 meters makes it the fourth highest tower after those in Toronto, Moscow, and Germany. The tower is comprised of two main parts: the lower part, which is built of concrete, represents the main skeleton of the tower, meanwhile the upper part is a post made of metal. The middle part of the tower is a wide public reception hall of 1500 meters which features a restaurant, a cafeteria and a platform to view Kuwait's landmarks. There are seven wireless transmission stands, which serve domestic and international communication. Liberation Tower is not only a touristic landmark in both Kuwait and the Gulf region but also a principal link between Kuwait and the outside world. Construction of the tower started in April 1987, and was stopped because of the Iraqi aggression on Kuwait. After liberation, construction work was resumed and the tower was officially inaugurated on 10 March 1996.

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Maria Luisa Vial {K:36017} 12/3/2004

Excellent architechtural picture and historic explantation... Love the colors... Excellent compostion...

Cheers,

MaLuisa

Luís Lobo Henriques {K:9002} 12/3/2004

An architectural document with its history... Inaugurated at my birth day, 10 March!!!!!(1960)
Best wish, Kamran.

Teunis Haveman {K:52860} 12/3/2004

Kamran, beautiful Tower
Teunis

Deb Mayes {K:19605} 12/3/2004

Wonderful golden light on this, Kamran - it really sets it off beautifully.

Dale Ann Cubbage {K:9755} 12/3/2004

Nice image Kamran . . and I really enjoyed learning of it's history. Nice work! The lighting is beautiful!

da

Ozjan Yeshar {K:18661} 12/3/2004

Good shot! The sky needs to be sharpened a little. Cheers.

Gregory McLemore

{K:26417} 12/3/2004

Excellent capture with an interesting narrative.

Dave Stacey

{K:137952} 12/3/2004

Very good capture of the tower, Kamran! I like your informative "about", as well!
Dave.

Cheryl Ogle {K:24494} 12/3/2004

What a fabulous story. I love learning about the story behind the photo and that was well worth the read! Thank you for enlightening me again my friend. The center looks almost golden.

I g n a c i o D e L a F u e n t e {K:10518} 12/3/2004

muy interesante tu explicación, y muy buena la fotografía.

Enhorabuena

Marcus Armani {K:36597} 12/4/2004

another very well done shot, very sharp and crisp colors , very nice..

Del Metheny {K:25617} 12/4/2004

I like the tones of this photo. I will comment here but I enjoy all of your photos because you pick such interesting and informative subjects to film. I appreciate the explanations you give with your photos. Del.

Kamil Kwiatkowski {K:117} 12/15/2004

Great shot

ade mcfade {K:12388} 12/16/2004

You really are opening my eyes up to the wonderful modern architecture over in Kuwait - thanks.

I did Civil Engineering as a degree so it's a definite interest.

Cheers

Ade

Momin Khan {K:1154} 1/13/2005

Makes me want to come to kuwait

Hana Tamimi {K:1320} 1/9/2006

Very nice and it looks like you have a great lense. Masha-Allah.
Okay, now people saw it as it is .. you mind me showing it to them at night with lights upon?

Thanks.

In Lights

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