Kuwait Towers, a national icon

Inaugurated in 1979 and designed by a (female) Danish-Swedish architect as part of a water distribution system, this trio of towers sits on a promontory jutting into the gulf just east of the city proper and has come to be a national icon, with their distinctive architecture featuring blue/green-tiled spheres.  Besides a water tank, the main one, rising 614 feet, also houses a lounge, a revolving observation deck, and a pair of restaurants, one of them revolving. It´s even been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site!

Read more in my post 8 Sights and Stuff Not to Miss in Kuwait.

 

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