Alternative names El Pirulí Type Broadcast tower Landlord RTVE Height 232 m Construction started 17 February 1981 | Status Estable Location Madrid, Spain Lifts/elevators 1 Opened 17 February 1981 Inaugurated 7 June 1982 | |
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Similar Torre de Madrid, Gate of Europe, Faro de Moncloa, Torre Picasso, Edificio España | ||
Torrespaña (literally "Spain Tower") is a 231 m (757.87 ft) 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 the tower.
Map of Torrespa%C3%B1a, 28028 Madrid, Spain
The tower was built in 1982, commemorating the FIFA World Cup celebrated in Spain that year. The building was administered by RTVE until 1989, when control over radio and television emissions in Spanish territory was given to Retevisión. It is not open for tourists.
The Torrespaña tower is generally known in Madrid as the "Pirulí", given the similarity between the tower and a particular type of lollipop of conical shape very popular in Spain in the eighties.
It is located in a depression, next to the M30 highway.