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The Grozny-City (russian: Грозный-сити) is a five-star skyscraper hotel and business centre complex located near the
The Grozny-City Clocks, located at approximately , are near the
The Grozny-City (russian: Грозный-сити) is a five-star skyscraper hotel and business centre complex located near the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque
The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque (russian: Мечеть Ахмата Кадырова, Mechet Akhmata Kadyrova; ce, Кадыров Ахьмадан цӀарах дина маьждиг) is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. The mosque is one ...
in Grozny
Grozny ( rus, Грозный, p=ˈgroznɨj; ce, Соьлжа-ГӀала, translit=Sölƶa-Ġala), also spelled Groznyy, is the capital city of Chechnya, Russia.
The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the 2010 census, it had a po ...
, Russia.
Design
The architectural design belongs to Deniz Ceyhun Baykan and Structural design was done by Yüksel Konkan. The towers opened on 5 October 2011, during the birthday celebration for Chechnyan President Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov. Grozny-City Towers is a five-star skyscraperhotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
, 40-storey apartment building, and business centre complex located near Grozny Central Mosque.
Facade Clocks
The Grozny-City Clocks, located at approximately , are near the apex
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of the northwest and southeast sides of the Grozny-City Towers.
;Weight
The dial of each clock, including the hands and clock movement, weighs about .
* Hour hand: each
* Minute hand: each
* Clock movement: each
;Dials
The dials of each clock are made of "Bri-Curtain" LED arrays formed of aluminium
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, designed to both save weight and offer less resistance to wind.
;Hands
Each pair of hands is made of seawater-resistant aluminium, statically and dynamically balanced. They measure for the minute hand, and for the hour hand.
2013 fire
On April 3, 2013, the Facade Clocks caught fire and one side of the 40-story building was engulfed in flames. No one was injured or killed in the blaze. More than 100 firefighters and 16 fire engines fought the blaze. The building known locally as "Olympus" housed a 5 star luxury hotel and an apartment belonging to French film star and French tax exile Gérard Depardieu, whose apartment was on the 27th floor facing the "Heart of Grozny."See also
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