Torre España
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Torre España
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| Place: | Madrid | ||||
| Province: | Madrid | ||||
| Autonomous community: | Madrid | ||||
| Country: | Spain | ||||
| Altitude : | 658 msnm | ||||
| Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′ 13.9 ″ N , 3 ° 39 ′ 51.5 ″ W. | |||||
| Use: | Television tower | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1982 | ||||
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| Total height : | 231 m | ||||
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| Construction: | Reinforced concrete construction | ||||
| Opening: | 1982 | ||||
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The Torre España or Torrespaña (popularly also Pirulí [Spanish for lollipop]) is a reinforced concrete television tower in Madrid that was built in 1982 . It is 231 meters high (220 meters without antenna) and was the tallest building in the city until the four-person high-rise complex in the Cuatro Torres Business Area was completed . The design was created by the architect Emilio Fernández Martín de Velasco .
The Torre España is not open to the public. National terrestrial television channels such as RTVE , Telecinco , Antena 3 and the autonomous Telemadrid channel, as well as some radio stations broadcast from Torre España.
Web links
Commons : Torrespaña - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Torre España. In: Structurae
- Information on Torre España (Spanish)