Flag of the Latin American Tower Department 

The Latin American Tower Department comprises the entire site of the Torre Latinoamericana in Mexico City. The Department enjoys extraterritorial status as a wholly owned micronational property of Smyrna. 

The coat of arms of the Latin American Tower Department

Torre Latinoamericana

Latin American Tower

General information


Status   Completed

Type Office

Location Francisco I. Madero Avenue 1, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City[1]

Coordinates

19°26′02″N 99°08′26″W

Construction started  1948; 76 years ago[1]

Completed 1956; 68 years ago[1]

Opening April 30, 1956[2]

Owner La Latinoamericana Seguros S.A[2]

Height


Architectural

166 m (545 ft)[3]

Tip

182 m (597 ft)[3][2]

Technical details


Floor count

44[3]

Floor area

27,727 m2 (298,450 sq ft)[2]

Lifts/elevators

7[2]

Design and construction


Architect(s)

Augusto H. Álvarez

Structural engineer

Adolfo Zeevaert

Nathan M. Newmark

Eduardo Espinosa

Bethlehem Steel