![]() The second tower is 147 metres (482 ft) high and serves as a water tower. The upper sphere, which rises to 123 metres (404 ft) above sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes, holds a café. The lower sphere holds in its bottom half a water tank of 4,500 cubic metres (1,200,000 US gal 990,000 imp gal) and in its upper half there is a restaurant that accommodates 90 people, a café, a lounge and a reception hall. The main tower is 187 metres (614 ft) high and carries two spheres. The Main Tower served as the venue for TEDxKuwaitCity event in 20. Kuwait Towers facility is operated and managed by the state-owned Touristic Enterprises Company. The towers were closed for maintenance from March 2012 to 8 March 2016, with a massive fireworks festival commemorating the re-opening. ![]() The Kuwait Towers were officially inaugurated in March 1979 and are regarded as a landmark and symbol of modern Kuwait. They were the sixth, and last, group in the larger Kuwait Water Towers system of 34 towers (33 store water one stores equipment), and were built in a style considerably different from the other five groups. The Kuwait Towers are a group of three thin towers in Kuwait City, standing on a promontory into the Persian Gulf.
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