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    The Matitone (a popular nickname meaning literally "big pencil", officially San Benigno North Tower) is a skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill...
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    Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Nearby the Old Harbour is the so-called "Matitone", a skyscraper in shape of a pencil, that lays side by side with the group...
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    Crystal Palace Brescia 110 361 27 1990 Tallest building in Brescia 28 Matitone Genoa 109 358 26 1992 Tallest building in Genoa and in Liguria region 29...
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    Palio Collection INARCH, Citation, 1990 – San Benigno Torre Nord ("Il Matitone"), Genoa, Italy Interior Design Awards, First Place, Independent Restaurants...
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  • Rank Name Image Height m (ft) Floors Year Use 1 Matitone 109 m (358 ft) 26 1992 Office 2 Torre Piacentini 108 m (354 ft) 31 1940 Office 3 Torre Telecom...
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  • Saverio, Naples, 119 m (390 ft) Crystal Palace, Brescia, 110 m (361 ft) Matitone, Genoa, 109 m (358 ft) Highest highrises: Z-Towers, Riga, 135 m (443 ft)...
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    was for a long time the tallest building in the city (surpassed by the Matitone of San Benigno in 1992, by only one meter, but with fewer floors). In 1926...
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