Centro de Comercio Internacional
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Centro de Comercio Internacional is a skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 located in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. The building is 190m/623 ft, 50 floors. The building
Building
In architecture, construction, engineering, real estate development and technology the word building may refer to one of the following:...

 is another neighbor of the largest skyscraper in Colombia, Torre Colpatria
Torre Colpatria
Torre Colpatria is a 50-story skyscraper located at the area of San Diego in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the tallest in the country and the second tallest in South America. It was constructed from 1978 until 1979, and has a total height of...

. Inside this building are located some offices of Davivienda Bank, that recently obtained the rights of the building. When it was built, it was called as Centro Las Americas.

Architecture

Its address is 28th Street # 13A - 15, it has 17 elevators, the service areas and the emergency stairs. As for the fronts of the building,they are defined by glass paneling and both lateral sides by only one vertical line of windows. Besides, the tower has a huge free space in its entrance. The tower is in use, being the second tallest building in Bogota. In 1977, when it was finishied it was the tallest building in LatinAmerica until the construction of the Colpatria Tower.

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  • Torre Colpatria
    Torre Colpatria
    Torre Colpatria is a 50-story skyscraper located at the area of San Diego in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the tallest in the country and the second tallest in South America. It was constructed from 1978 until 1979, and has a total height of...

  • Bogota
    Bogotá
    Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

  • List of tallest buildings in South America
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