Torre
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Torre means tower in six Romance languages
Romance languages
The Romance languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, more precisely of the Italic languages subfamily, comprising all the languages that descend from Vulgar Latin, the language of ancient Rome...

 (Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...

, Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 and Corsican
Corsican language
Corsican is a Italo-Dalmatian Romance language spoken and written on the islands of Corsica and northern Sardinia . Corsican is the traditional native language of the Corsican people, and was long the vernacular language alongside the Italian, official language in Corsica until 1859, which was...

) and may refer to:

Biology

  • Muir-Torre syndrome
    Muir-Torre syndrome
    Muir–Torre syndrome is an inherited cancer syndrome that is thought to be a subtype of HNPCC. Individuals are prone to develop cancers of the colon, breast and genitourinary tract, and skin lesions, such as keratoacanthomas and sebaceous tumours. The genes affected are MLH1 & MSH2, and involved...

    , the inherited cancer syndrome
  • Sypharochiton torri
    Sypharochiton torri
    Sypharochiton torri is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae....

    , a Mollusc

Chess

  • Torre Attack
    Torre Attack
    The Torre Attack is a chess opening characterized by the moves:The opening is named after the Mexican grandmaster Carlos Torre Repetto. The variation was also employed by Savielly Tartakower, and the young Tigran Petrosian on occasion...

     a chess opening strategy
  • An alternative name for a Rook
    Rook (chess)
    A rook is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes...

     in chess.

England

  • Torre, Devon, a hamlet in the county of Devon
  • Torre, Somerset, a hamlet in the county of Somerset

Italy

  • Torre Annunziata
    Torre Annunziata
    Torre Annunziata is a city and comune in the province of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. It is located at the Gulf of Naples at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius.-History:...

    , a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania
  • Torre Boldone
    Torre Boldone
    Torre Boldone is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 3 km northeast of Bergamo, at the entrance of the Valle Seriana. Part of Torre Boldone's territory is part of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo-External links:*...

    , a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy
  • Torre Bormida
    Torre Bormida
    Torre Bormida is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 50 km northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 216 and an area of 7.7 km².Torre Bormida borders the following municipalities:...

    , a comune in the province of Cuneo in the region Piedmont
  • Torre Canavese
    Torre Canavese
    Torre Canavese is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 35 km north of Turin....

    , a comune in the province of Turin in the region Piedmont
  • Torre de' Busi
    Torre de' Busi
    Torre de' Busi is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Lecco...

    , a comune in the province of Lecco in the region Lombardy
  • Torre del Greco
    Torre del Greco
    -Main sights:*Roman archaeological remains, including the so-called "Villa Sora" , probably a property of the Flavians.*Monastery of the Zoccolanti, with a cloister housing 28 frescoed panels depicting the life of St...

    , a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania
  • Torre Mondovì
    Torre Mondovì
    Torre Mondovì is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km south of Turin and about 30 km east of Cuneo...

    , a comune in the province of Cuneo in the region Piedmont
  • Torre Pallavicina
    Torre Pallavicina
    Torre Pallavicina is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km east of Milan and about 30 km southeast of Bergamo...

    , a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy
  • Torre Pellice
    Torre Pellice
    Torre Pellice is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southwest of Turin. It is crossed by the Pellice river....

    , a comune in the province of Turin in the region Piedmont

Other variants:
  • Torri del Benaco
    Torri del Benaco
    Torri del Benaco is a comune in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 130 km west of Venice and about 30 km northwest of Verona, on the eastern coast of the Lake Garda....

    , a comune in the province of Verona in the region of Veneto
  • Torri di Quartesolo
    Torri di Quartesolo
    Torri di Quartesolo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.-Geography:It is north of E70 and west of A31, and has its own highway junction called "Vicenza Est", off the Autostrada A4.-Notable residents:...

    , a comune in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto
  • Torri in Sabina
    Torri in Sabina
    Torri in Sabina is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km north of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti. It is part of the Sabina traditional region....

    , a comune in the province of Rieti in the Italian of Latium
  • Torri Superiore
    Torri Superiore
    The medieval village of Torri Superiore has been described as "a little jewel of popular architecture." It is located in the Liguria in Italy, near Ventimiglia , a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and the French border...

    , a medieval village in the commune of Ventimiglia in the province of Imperia in the region of Liguria
  • Campolongo al Torre
    Campolongo al Torre
    Campolongo al Torre is a former comune of the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 40 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km southeast of Udine. Since 2009 it has been one of the two principal centres of Campolongo Tapogliano, a municipality...

    , a commune in the province of Udine in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • Largo di Torre Argentina
    Largo di Torre Argentina
    Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome, Italy, that hosts four Republican Roman temples, and the remains of Pompey's Theatre. It is located in the ancient Campus Martius....

    , a square in the ancient Campus Martius, Rome
  • San Vito al Torre
    San Vito al Torre
    San Vito al Torre is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 45 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km southeast of Udine...

    , a comune in the province of Udine in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Portugal

  • Torre (Amares), a civil parish in the municipality of Amares

Spain

  • La Torre
    La Torre
    La Torre is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 357 inhabitants....

    , a municipality in the province of Ávila, autonomous community of Castile and León
  • Torre Alháquime
    Torre Alháquime
    Torre Alháquime is a village located in the province of Cádiz, southern Spain. It is home to a Moorish castle and cemetery .-External links:* - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía...

    , a village in the province of Cádiz, autonomous community of Andalusia
  • Torre-Cardela
    Torre-Cardela
    Torre-Cardela is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the city has a population of 1134 inhabitants....

    , a municipality in the province of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia
  • Torre de Arcas
    Torre de Arcas
    Torre de Arcas or Torredarques is a municipality located in the Matarraña/Matarranya comarca, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 99 inhabitants....

    , a municipality in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
  • Torre de las Arcas
    Torre de las Arcas
    Torre de las Arcas is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 35 inhabitants....

    , a municipality in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
  • Torre del Compte
    Torre del Compte
    Torre del Compte or La Torre del Comte is a municipality located in the Matarraña/Matarranya, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 169 inhabitants....

    , a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
  • Torre los Negros
    Torre los Negros
    Torre los Negros is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 94 inhabitants....

    , a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon
  • Torre-Pacheco
    Torre-Pacheco
    Torre-Pacheco is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It has a population of 27,400 and an area of 189.4 km². The only elevation of the municipality is the Cabezo Gordo, the location of the Sima de las Palomas, a protected archeological site...

    , a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia
  • Torre de Loizaga, a Castle in the autonomous community of the Basque Country
    Basque Country (autonomous community)
    The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....


Switzerland

  • Torre, Switzerland
    Torre, Switzerland
    Torre was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Torre would merge with Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone and Olivone to form a new municipality to be called Blenio. This union was carried through on 22...

    , a municipality in the district of Blenio, canton of Ticino

Elevations

  • Cerro Torre
    Cerro Torre
    Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten . The peak is the highest in a four mountain chain: the other peaks are Torre Egger , Punta Herron, and Cerro...

    , a mountain in the Patagonian Ice Field
  • Torre de Aspa
    Torre de Aspa
    With approx 156 meters the Torre de Aspa is the highest point on the coast of the Algarve in Portugal. It is one of the tourist attractions in Vicentina, located in Sagres, near Vila do Bispo and offers a panoramic view as far as Cabo de São Vicente.-External links:* MyGreatWorld.com...

    , an elevation on the coast of Portugal
  • Torre de Cerredo
    Torre de Cerredo
    Torrecerredo or Torre de Cerredo is a 2,648-metre-high peak, the highest one of the Picos de Europa and the Cantabrian Mountains. It is located on the central massif of the Picos de Europa, called Urrieles, on the limits of Asturias and the León provinces...

    , a peak in Spain
    Spain
    Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

  • Torre (Serra da Estrela)
    Torre (Serra da Estrela)
    Torre is a monument that marks the highest point of Mainland Portugal, and the second most elevated of the Portuguese Republic . This point is not a distinctive mountain summit, but rather the highest point in a mountain range...

    , the highest point of the Mainland Portugal

People

  • Arath de la Torre
    Arath de la Torre
    Arath De La Torre Balmaceda is a Mexican actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the television series La Parodia and El Privilegio de Mandar.-Biography:...

    , Mexican actor
  • Carlos María de la Torre
    Carlos María de la Torre
    Carlos María Javier de la Torre y Nieto was an Ecuadorian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church...

    , Cardinal of Ecuador
    Ecuador
    Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

  • Carlos Torre Repetto
    Carlos Torre Repetto
    Carlos Torre Repetto was a chess grandmaster from Mexico.Torre won the Louisiana championship at New Orleans 1923. He was first at Detroit 1924, followed by Samuel Factor, Herman H. Hahlbohm, Norman Whitaker, Samuel Reshevsky, etc., and at Rochester 1924...

     (1905–1978), chess grandmaster from Mexico
  • Della Torre
    Della Torre
    The Della Torre were an Italian noble family who rose to prominence in Lombardy during the 12th-14th centuries, until they held the seigniory of Milan before being ousted by the Visconti....

    , an Italian noble family
  • Diego de la Torre
    Diego de la Torre
    Diego Javier De La Torre Muciño is a Mexican football midfielder currently playing for Toluca in Mexico. De la Torre also has American citizenship, as his paternal grandmother was born in the United States. After the Apertura 2009 season, Diego was sent on loan to San Luis F.C...

    , Mexican football player
  • Eugenio Torre
    Eugenio Torre
    Eugenio Torre is a chess Grandmaster . He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980s and 1990s period, following the heels of Fischer-era Filipino chess champions National Master Ramon Lontoc, International Master Renato Naranja, IM Rodolfo Tan...

     (born 1951), Filipino chess grandmaster
  • Francisco de la Torre
    Francisco de la Torre
    Francisco de la Torre was a Spanish composer mainly active in the Kingdom of Naples. His hometown may have been Seville. His music can be found in La música en la corte de los Reyes Católicos, edited by H. Anglès ....

     (fl 1483–1504), Spanish composer
  • Frank Torre
    Frank Torre
    Frank Joseph Torre is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. Torre, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies...

     (born 1931), American baseball player
  • Joe Torre
    Joe Torre
    Joseph Paul Torre is a former American professional baseball player and manager who currently serves as Major League Baseball’s Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations. A nine-time All-Star, he played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, first baseman and a third baseman for the...

     (born 1940), manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team
  • José Aponte de la Torre
    José Aponte de la Torre
    José Ernesto Aponte de la Torre was a Puerto Rican politician and mayor of Carolina for 22 years.-Biography:...

    , Puerto Rica
    Puerto Rico
    Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

    n politician
  • José Manuel de la Torre
    José Manuel de la Torre
    José Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre Menchaca in Guadalajara, Jalisco popularly nicknamed Chepo, is a Mexican football manager and former attacking midfielder. He is currently the manager of Mexico national football team.-Biography:...

    , soccer player
  • José María Torre
    José María Torre
    José María Torre is a Mexican actor and fashion designer who started his career at the age of five doing television commercials. He is the brother of actresses Fátima and Andrea Torre...

    , Mexican actor
  • Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre
    Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre
    Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre was an Austrian taxonomist, entomologist and botanist.Dalla Torre studied natural sciences at the University of Innsbruck. He then worked in the University as an entomologist and in 1895 became Professor of Zoology at the University of Innsbruck...

    , Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    n entomologist
  • Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
    Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
    Leopoldo Torre Nilsson , also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter....

    , Argentine film director
  • Lisandro de la Torre
    Lisandro de la Torre
    Lisandro de la Torre was an Argentine politician, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe.De la Torre became a lawyer in 1890. His thesis about municipalities and communes, as well as other works of his, gave rise to the idea of municipal autonomy in Argentina, which was included in the Argentine...

    , Argentine politician
  • Manuel de la Torre
    Manuel de la Torre
    Manuel Alejandro De la Torre Urbina is a Mexican football defender currently playing for Toluca in Mexico.-Toluca:...

    , Mexican football player
  • Marie Torre
    Marie Torre
    Marie Torre was a television personality who appeared on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1962-77. She was the station's first woman anchor and one of the first female anchors in the United States...

    , American TV personality
  • Oscar Torre
    Oscar Torre
    Oscar Torre is a Miami born actor best known for his breakout role in Cane on CBS where he played the role of Santo alongside an all-star cast that included Jimmy Smits, Rita Moreno, Nestor Carbonell, and Hector Elizondo. He also garnered rave reviews for his comedic performance in the Lionsgate...

    , Cuba
    Cuba
    The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

    n-American actor
  • Pio La Torre
    Pio La Torre
    Pio La Torre was a leader of the Italian Communist Party...

    , Italian statesman
  • Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
    Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
    Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance political movement.-Life:Haya de la Torre was born in the northern Peruvian city of Trujillo...

    , Peruvian political leader

Modern skyscrapers

  • Torre Agbar
    Torre Agbar
    The Torre Agbar is a 38-storey tower located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Badajoz, near Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, which marks the gateway to the new technological district of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel in association with the Spanish firm B720...

    , a building in Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

    , Spain
  • Torre Bicentenario
    Torre Bicentenario
    The Torre Bicentenario was a skyscraper project planned for construction in Mexico City. If built, at 300 meters tall, it would surpass the Torre Mayor as the holder of the title of Tallest Building in Mexico and same height as the highest building in Latin America...

    , planned and cancelled building of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

  • Torre Caja Madrid
    Torre Caja Madrid
    The Torre Caja Madrid is a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, Spain. With a height of and 45 floors, it is the tallest of the four buildings in the Cuatro Torres Business Area complex, surpassing Torre de Cristal by less than a metre, and the tallest building in...

    , a new skyscraper in Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

    , Spain
  • Torre Caney
    Torre Caney
    Torre Caney is the tallest building in Santo Domingo and the Dominican Republic. Regionally, Torre Caney is the 32nd tallest building in Central America. It consist of 38 stories and is tall...

    , planned skyscraper of the Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic
    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

  • Torre de Collserola
    Torre de Collserola
    Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster, and built in 1991 for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It features a pod for floor space like many towers but uses...

    , uniquely designed tower in Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

  • Torre de Cristal
    Torre de Cristal
    The Torre de Cristal is a skyscraper in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid , completed in 2008. With a final height of 249.5 metres, it ranks as the second tallest building in the country after neighbouring Torre Caja Madrid...

    , skyscraper in Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

  • Torre Espacio
    Torre Espacio
    The Torre Espacio is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain. The skyscraper is 236 metres tall and has 57 floors....

    , a new skyscraper in Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

    , Spain
  • Torre Europa
    Torre Europa
    The Torre Europa is a skyscraper located in the AZCA complex in Madrid, Spain.It is 121 metres high and has 30 floors.Completed in 1985, it was designed by Miguel Oriol e Ybarra and built by Necso....

    , skyscraper of Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

  • Torre Fundadores
    Torre Fundadores
    The Ivy is a planned skyscraper in Monterrey, Mexico.  The tower is to be located in the upscale Valle Oriente sector.  When complete, it will be the tallest building in the Monterrey area and, depending upon exact final height and definition being used, could challenge the Torre Bicentenario as...

    , planned skyscraper of Monterrey
    Monterrey
    Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

    , Mexico
  • Torre Latinoamericana
    Torre Latinoamericana
    The Torre Latinoamericana is a building in downtown Mexico City, Mexico. Its central location, height and history make it one of the city's most important landmarks...

    , a building in Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    , Mexico
  • Torre Mapfre
    Torre Mapfre
    Torre Mapfre is a skyscraper in the Port Olímpic , the maritime neighborhood of the Old City of Barcelona in Spain. It is named after its owner, Mapfre, an insurance company....

    , skyscraper in Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

  • Torre Mayor
    Torre Mayor
    The Torre Mayor is a skyscraper in Mexico City, United Mexican States. With a height of 225 metres to the top floor and 55 storeys, it's the second tallest building in Latin America, surpassed by Ocean Two in Panama City with 236 metres...

    , skyscraper of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

  • Torre Picasso
    Torre Picasso
    Torre Picasso is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain. From 1988 till 2007 it was the tallest building in Madrid with its 157 m and 43 floors. Torre Picasso is located next to the Pablo Picasso Square, within the commercial complex AZCA along the Paseo de la Castellana...

    , a skyscraper in Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

    , Spain

Telecommunications towers

  • Torre Entel
    Torre Entel
    Torre Entel is the name of a 127.4 meter high TV and telecommunications tower in Santiago, Chile. Torre Entel has an observation deck open for visitors. Construction began in 1970 during Eduardo Frei Montalva term as president and it was inaugurated in 1974. In 1976 it carried its first...

    , located in Santiago, Chile
    Santiago, Chile
    Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

  • Torre España
    Torre España
    Torrespaña is a steel-and-concrete television tower located in Madrid, Spain. National terrestrial television channels RTVE, Telecinco and Antena 3, as well as the autonomic channel Telemadrid, along with a few radio stations, broadcast from this tower.The tower was built in 1982, conmemorating...

    , located in Madrid
    Madrid
    Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...


Tramway towers

  • Torre Jaume I
    Torre Jaume I
    Torre Jaume I is a 107 metre high steel truss tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, which was built in 1931 by Carlos Boigas. The tower is the second-tallest aerial lift pylon in the world, and is a part of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway from Torre Sant Sebastia to Montjuïc. Torre Jaume I also has...

    , tramway tower of Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

  • Torre Sant Sebastia
    Torre Sant Sebastia
    Torre Sant Sebastià is a 78 metre tall lattice tower in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the terminal of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway of Barcelona, which runs over Torre Jaume I to Montjuïc. Torre Sant Sebastia was opened in 1931.- External links :...

    , tramway tower in Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...


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  • Torre degli Asinelli, the highest of the Towers of Bologna
    Towers of Bologna
    The Towers of Bologna are a group of medieval structures in Bologna, Italy. The two most prominent ones, also called the Two Towers, are the landmark of the city.-History:...

     in Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

  • Torre Abbey
    Torre Abbey
    Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons, and is now the best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and Cornwall...

    , a building in Britain
  • Torre Ader
    Torre Ader
    The Torre Ader is an 18th Century florentine style tower located in Villa Adelina in Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an historical monument built in similar style to the Torre Monumental in Buenos Aires...

    , monumental tower of Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

  • Torre della Ghirlandina
    Torre della Ghirlandina
    The Torre della Ghirlandina or simply Ghirlandina is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.Standing at 86.12 metres, the tower is the traditional symbol of Modena, being visible from all directions outside the city....

    , a bell-tower in Italy
  • Torre del Oro
    Torre del Oro
    The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain, built by the Almohad dynasty in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river....

    , medieval watchtower in Seville
    Seville
    Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

  • Torre di Moravola
    Torre di Moravola
    The Torre di Moravola is a 10th century medieval watch tower built in Umbria, central Italy, to guard the southern approches of Montone by the Fortebraccio, a condottieri family of the Renaissance...

    , hotel in Umbria
    Umbria
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     Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

  • Torre railway station
    Torre railway station
    Torre station is a suburban station on the Riviera Line in Torquay, Devon, England. The station is operated by First Great Western but is not staffed; except for one evening train it is only served by local services.-History:...

    , in the United Kingdom
  • Torri, structures from which the Torréen Culture on Corsica
    Corsica
    Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....

    is named
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