CNN refers to the architect and activist, Sami Aloulou at the group of Edifices et Memoires, which is working to preserve the building, designed in the pan style of the Italian Raffaele Contigiani.
the Hotel opened its gates in 1973 and quickly became a famous landmark in the city and the country, and is said to have inspired George Lucas when he created the so-called sandcrawlers-the vehicles in the ”Star wars”films.
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been closed since the year 2000, and is now owned by a libyan investment fund Lafico. Some hope for the supporters of the uppochnedvända pyramidbyggnaden will Tunis, urban governance, which states that it is not been no request to demolish the building.
But Aloulou say they have seen an increased number of workers on the site.
– the Threat is still present, but perhaps not so immediately as had been feared, ” he says to CNN.
Now, the hope of the group that the building will get a second life, perhaps through protection from the UN agency Unesco or by George Lucas enter.
