Basarab Tower


Basarab Tower is an elevator testing building in Bucharest built between 1986 and 1988. It has 23 floors and measures 114 meters. The surface of a level is 400 square meters. The tower's components consist of 8 wells and laboratories built for testing elevators. It is the tallest industrial building in Romania and the tallest elevator testing tower in Europe. The main purpose of the tower's existence was for testing the elevators which were scheduled to be added in the Palace of the Parliament of Romania.
As of 2020 it is undergoing demolition, along with the rest of the IFMA factory.