Kuwait Towers

Three slender towers rising from a promontory on Kuwait City's corniche, the Kuwait Towers were inaugurated in 1979 and have become the internationally recognised symbol of the country. The tallest reaches 187 metres and contains a revolving observation deck and restaurant; its distinctive globe-shaped water storage tank clad in teal-blue ceramic discs is visible from across the bay. The promontory setting between the open Gulf and the city's urban waterfront makes the towers a natural focal point for photography of the coastline.