Zapadna kapija 41A Beograd
Building in Belgrade, Serbia
- Address
- Ulica Narodnih heroja 41A, Fontana, Beograd
- Social media
About
The Western City Gate (Serbian: Западна капија Београда, romanized: Zapadna kapija Beograda), also known as the Genex Tower (Serbian: Кула Генекс, romanized: Kula Geneks) is a 36-story skyscraper in Belgrade, Serbia, which was designed in 1977 by Mihajlo Mitrović in the brutalist style. It is formed by two towers connected with a two-story bridge and revolving restaurant at the top. It is 117 m (384 ft) tall (with restaurant 135–140 m or 443–459 ft). It remained the tallest building in Serbia and Belgrade for 42 years, until being surpassed by West 65 Tower in 2021. The building is designed to resemble a high-rise gate greeting people arriving in the city from the West (the road from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to the city centre leads this way). Disputed and criticized during the designing and construction process, the building is today a dominant landmark in Belgrade. Construction of its eastern complement, the triple Eastern City Gate at the opposite, eastern end of Belgrade, began later, in 1973, but was finished earlier, in 1976. One of the towers was occupied by the state-owned Genex Group. The tower got its popular name "Genex" after this group, while its official title remains Western City Gate. The second, taller tower, is residential. The tower formerly occupied by the Genex company is empty, while the residential tower is still home to scores of people. The revolving mechanism under the restaurant on top never became operational.
Western City Gate — Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Nearby
- Plato ispred Geneks kule Park · 46 m
- D a N C I T Y Dance school · 50 m
- ca.ca.fe Café · 53 m
- Narodnih heroja Attraction · 78 m
- TRIDESETRI IT services · 81 m
- Maxim Dent Dentist · 86 m
- Dom zdravlja „Dr Ristić” Clinic · 109 m
- Žuća 1 Playground · 109 m
- Nenex ICE Travel agency · 112 m
- Auto škola Team Novi Beograd Driving school · 124 m
- MaxiGo Convenience store · 133 m
- Frizerski salon Style Mićović Hairdresser · 150 m
Data sources: Overture Maps, Wikidata