List of tallest buildings in Italy


This lists ranks the tallest completed and topped out buildings in Italy that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures.

Overview

Even though it is well known for famous ancient structures, Italy played a key role as precursor in the construction of the first modern skyscrapers in Europe. The history of skyscrapers in Italy began with the completion of Torrione INA in Brescia. The tower is 58 m high and was completed in 1932. Torre Piacentini in Genoa was the tallest high rise building in Europe from 1940 to 1952 as well as the first one whose roof reached and exceeded the height of 100 metres. After 1952, Italy lost the record in Europe but it continued to have the tallest buildings in the European Union until 1966, with three different skyscrapers: Torre Breda, Grattacielo di Cesenatico and Pirelli Tower.
Italy's first business district, the Centro Direzionale, opened in 1962 in Milan. Today, there are 6 business districts in Italy. The construction of high rise buildings was interrupted in the 1970s and 1980s, and restarted from 1990 onwards, mainly in Naples and Milan, but also in Rome, Brescia, Genoa and Turin. Nevertheless, only Milan and Naples have developed a skyline of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers in their city centres.

Tallest completed and topped out buildings

This list includes the +100 m tallest completed and topped out buildings in the country.
RankPhotoNameCityHeight Height FloorsYear builtNotes
1Allianz TowerMilan260860502015Tallest building in Italy from 2015.
2Torre UniCreditMilan238780352011Tallest building in Italy from 2011 to 2015.
3Piedmont Region HeadquartersTurin213700422022Tallest building in Turin and in Piedmont region.
4Generali TowerMilan195640452018
5Libeskind TowerMilan175575342021
6Torre Intesa SanpaoloTurin167550392013
7Palazzo LombardiaMilan163535432010Tallest building in Italy from 2010 to 2011
8Torre EuroskyRome156512312013Tallest building in Rome, and the tallest residential building in Italy.
9Torre SolariaMilan153505372013
10Torre PontinaLatina152500372010
11A2A TowerMilan146480322025Tallest building in southern part of Milan from 2025
12Torre DiamanteMilan142470302012Tallest steel building in Italy.
13Torre Telecom ItaliaNaples129425331995Tallest building in Naples and in Southern Italy.
14Pirelli TowerMilan128423311960Tallest building in Italy from 1960 to 1995
15Unipol TowerBologna127418332012Tallest building in Bologna and in Emilia Romagna region
16Unipol TowerMilan126416232023
17Palazzo SistemaMilan126415282025
18Gioia 22 TowerMilan123405262021
19Torre Enel 1Naples122402331995
20Torre Enel 2Naples122402331995
21Torre Garibaldi AMilan121400251994Renovated in 2010.
22Torre Garibaldi BMilan121400251992Renovated in 2010.
23Crystal PalaceBrescia120396271990Tallest building in Brescia
24Torre EuroparcoRome120394352012
25Condominio Marinella IICesenatico118388351958Tallest building in EU from 1958 to 1960
26Torre SaverioNaples118387341995
27Torre FrancescoNaples118387341995
28Bosco Verticale - Torre EMilan118387242014
29Torre BredaMilan117383301954Tallest Building In Italy from 1954 to 1958
30Torre PiacentiniGenoa116382311940Tallest building in Europe from 1940 to 1954
31Torre del Consiglio Regionale CampaniaNaples115380291992
32Torri del Tribunale di Napoli ANaples112362291991
33CityWaveMilan112360242025
34Galfa TowerMilan110362281959Renovated in 2019
35MatitoneGenoa110360261992Tallest building in Genoa and in Liguria region
36Torre LittoriaTurin109358211934Tallest building in Europe from 1934 to 1940
37TheTrisMilan106350252025Tallest building in the southern area of Milan from 2025.
38Torre Unicredit BMilan106348262011
39Torre VelascaMilan106348261958In renovation.
40Torre San Vincenzo GenoaGenoa105344271967
41Torre di piazza TuratiMilan104340281965
42Ambassador's Palace HotelNaples103338331957
43Torre Gioia 20Milan102335252025
44World Trade CenterGenoa102335251992
45Grattacielo di RiminiRimini101334291959Tallest building in Rimini.
46Gemini Center Torre IMilan101332301996Tallest building in the southern area of Milan from 1996 until 2025.
47Gemini Center Torre IIMilan101332301996Tallest building in the southern area of Milan from 1996 until 2025.
48Torre di LivornoLivorno100330261966Tallest building in Livorno and in Tuscany region.
49H4 HotelMilan100329252011
50Torre Comparto 2Genoa100328232014

Buildings under construction

RankNameCityHeight Height FloorsCompletion
1A2A TowerMilan144472282025
2CityWave (west)Milan111364192025
3Gioia 20 eastMilan104341202025
4ThetrisMilan100328202025