Torre de la Escollera was a 206 metres tall skyscraper with 58 floors in Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

, Colombia

Colombia

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, whose construction started in 2005. Torre de la Escollera was never completed as on May 13, 2007, wind forces damaged columns between floor 28 and 40 resulting on a torsion of 1 meter. The construction was suspended and the Society of Engineers and Architects of Bolívar recommended the demolition, which was done from July to November 2007.

External links

• SkyscraperPage - Torre de la Escollera

See also

• Unfinished building
  Unfinished building
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• List of tallest structures in South America