Torrespaña
Sign in to saveTorrespaña () is a high reinforced concrete freestanding broadcasting tower in Madrid, Spain. It is the central and main transmission node of the terrestrial television and radio networks in the country as well as the station that covers the city and its metropolitan area. National and regional television channels and radio stations broadcast from there. The tower, currently owned by Cellnex, is located in a depression at the Salamanca district near the M30 highway.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Torrespaña
- Building.alternate_names
- El Pirulí
- Building.status
- Complete
- Building.image
- Torrespaña Según la perspectiva.jpg
- Building.location
- Madrid, Spain
- Building.construction_start_date
- 17 February 1981
- Building.inauguration_date
- 7 June 1982
- Building.architect
- Emilio Fernández Martínez de Velasco
- Building.owner
- Cellnex
- Building.cost
- 350 million ₧
- Building.building_type
- Broadcast tower
- Building.elevator_count
- 1
- Building.main_contractor
- DragadosAgroman
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Torrespaña () is a high reinforced concrete freestanding broadcasting tower in Madrid, Spain. It is the central and main transmission node of the terrestrial television and radio networks in the country as well as the station that covers the city and its metropolitan area. National and regional television channels and radio stations broadcast from there. The tower, currently owned by Cellnex, is located in a depression at the Salamanca district near the M30 highway.
Torrespaña is also the name of the television production center at the foot of the tower where the central news services of Televisión Española (TVE) are located. Both facilities were built jointly by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) on the occasion of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.