Juche Tower
Sign in to savetower in Pyongyang, North Korea
Key facts
- Location
- Pyongyang , North Korea
- Designer
- Kim Jong Il
- Material
- Granite and white stone
- Height
- 170 metres (560 ft)
- Completion date
- 1982 ( 1982 )
- Dedicated to
- Juche
- Hangul
- 주체사상탑
- Hanja
- 主體思想塔
- Rr
- Juche sasangtap
- Mr
- Chuch'e sasangt'ap
via Wikipedia infobox
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The Juche Tower (more formally, the Tower of the Juche Idea; Korean: 주체사상탑), completed in 1982, is a 170-metre (560 ft) monument in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The monument is named after the ideology of Juche introduced by the country's first leader, Kim Il Sung.
The Juche Tower is situated on the east bank of the River Taedong, directly opposite Kim Il Sung Square on the west bank. It was built to commemorate Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday.