Torre

**Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

© All rights reserved**

No matter how many times you have seen the iconic tower in photos it is still due inspiring when viewed in person. the tower is the campanile, or ...

Looking up at the restored cable tower in the El Cable district of Manizales, Colombia. The tower was the tallest cable car tower in the surrounding...

Torre Calatrava (the Montjuïc Communications Tower of Telefonica), designed by Santiago Calatrava and located in the Olympic park, Barcelona, ...

Panoramic stitch taken from the 46th floor of the Colpatria tower building. Bogota at 2600m. altitude is the second highest capital city in the...

The Montjuïc Communications Tower (Catalan: Torre de Comunicacions de Montjuïc, IPA: [ˈtorə ðə kumunikəsiˈonz ðə muɲʒuˈik]), popularly known as Torre Calatrava and Torre Telefónica, is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The white tower was built for Telefónica to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona. The 136 m (446 ft) tower is located in the Olympic park, and represents an athlete holding the Olympic Flame.

The base is covered with trencadís, Gaudí's mosaic technique created from broken tile shards.

Because of the tower's orientation, it works also as a giant sundial, which uses the Europa square to indicate the hour.

Torre Calatrava (the Montjuïc Communications Tower of Telefonica), designed by Santiago Calatrava and located in the Olympic park, Barcelona, ...

Panoramic stitch taken from the 46th floor of the Colpatria tower building. Bogota at 2600m. altitude is the second highest capital city in the...