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Ligini Towers, High-rise building complex in EUR district, Rome, Italy.

Ligini Towers is a complex of five buildings in Rome's EUR district, three of which are towers reaching 17 floors and about 67 meters, linked by a two-level base. The facades use a continuous curtain wall, and the design follows a 1.35-meter module. The complex was inaugurated in 1961.

The complex was built in the late 1950s as part of Rome's urban upgrades for the 1960 Olympics, and inaugurated in 1961. Architect Cesare Ligini led the design with Vittorio Cafiero, Guido Marinucci and Renato Venturi. It housed the Ministry of Finance for about thirty years, was sold to Fintecna in 2002, and has been under renovation by CDP Immobiliare since 2020.

The complex's nickname, "Beirut," came from journalists comparing its decay to the effects of the Lebanese civil war on buildings. The name Ligini honors architect Cesare Ligini, who led the rationalist design with Vittorio Cafiero, Guido Marinucci and Renato Venturi. The towers were long known as the Torri delle Finanze for their use by the Ministry of Finance.

The complex stands in Rome's EUR district, with the three towers linked by a shared two-level base. A renovation by CDP Immobiliare, budgeted at 140 million euros, is under way, so the site is a working construction area and the buildings cannot be entered. View them from the surrounding streets, where the 17-storey profiles and the continuous glass facades are visible.

The nickname "Beirut" was coined by journalists, not residents, as a reference to the damage the Lebanese civil war inflicted on buildings. The towers were sold off the public domain on 27 December 2002 for 505 million euros, three days after a decree allowed the sale without a public tender.

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Cesare Ligini
Architectural style
rationalism
Floors above the ground
17
Height
61.2 m
Address
viale Europa 242, I-00144 Roma
GPS coordinates
41.82967,12.47038
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October 31, 2026 06:23
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