Quote Originally Posted by Fenral View Post
XIVDB is borked right now, so I can't pull out the script (and need to step out for a while anyways so can't load up the cutscene), but I'm pretty sure Doga and Unei mentioned that the tower was built at the height of Allagan power, long after the first Xande's reign, but was only in use for the span of a few generations before the decline of the empire became properly apparent and Xande was resurrected as a countermeasure.
It was built as a sign of the greatness from allagans. To show their mighty and power. That doesnt mean when it was.
But yes I'm sure it was made after Xande's first dead, he was the founding father of the empire of coruse.