Gate of Europe
The Gate of Europe towers, also known as KIO Towers, are twin office buildings near the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid, Spain. The towers have a height of 114 m and have 26 floors.Photo: Quique Huertas, Public domain.
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: twin towers in Madrid, Spain
- Also known as: “KIO Towers”, “Puerta de Europa”, “Realia and Bankia Towers”, “Torres KIO”, and “Towers of the Gate of Europe”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include plaza de Castilla and Plaza de Castilla.
plaza de Castilla
Square
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Plaza de Castilla is a square in the north of Madrid, Spain.
Plaza de Castilla
Metro station
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plaza de Castilla is a station on Line 1, Line 9 and Line 10 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in fare Zone A. It is located underneath the square of the same name, on the border between the districts of Tetuán and Chamartín.
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Stadium
The Bernabéu is a retractable roof football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a seating capacity of 83,186 following its extensive renovation completed in late 2024, the stadium has the second-largest seating capacity for a football stadium in Spain, behind Camp Nou in Barcelona. Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is situated 1½ km south of Gate of Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almenara and Castillejos.
Almenara
Quarter
Photo: vpogarcia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Almenara, also popularly known by the name of La Ventilla, is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid located in the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.999369 km2.
Castillejos
Quarter
Castillejos is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid located in the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.708501 km2. As of February 2020, it has a population of 20,870.
Nueva España
Quarter
Nueva España is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid, belonging to the district of Chamartín. The ward is notable for its strong public transportation, the concentration and quality of its schools and its high level of income.
Gate of Europe
- Categories: twin towers and skyscraper
- Location: Chamartín, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Gate of Europe” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبراج بوابة أوروبا”
- Arabic: “بوابة أوروبا”
- Armenian: “Եվրոպայի դարպասներ”
- Basque: “Puerta de Europa”
- Catalan: “Puerta de Europa”
- Cebuano: “Puerta de Europa”
- Chinese: “欧洲门”
- Chinese: “歐洲門”
- Czech: “Puerta de Europa”
- Dutch: “Torres KIO”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابراج بوابة اوروبا”
- Esperanto: “Pordo de Eŭropo”
- French: “Porte de l’Europe”
- French: “Puerta de Europa”
- French: “Tours KIO”
- Galician: “Puerta de Europa”
- German: “KIO-Türme”
- German: “Puerta de Europa”
- German: “Torres Kio”
- Hebrew: “פוארטה דה אירופה”
- Hebrew: “שער אירופה”
- Italian: “Porta d’Europa di Madrid”
- Italian: “Puerta de Europa”
- Japanese: “プエルタ・デ・エウローパ”
- Japanese: “プエルタ・デ・エウロパ”
- Korean: “푸에르타 데 에우로파”
- Malayalam: “ഗേറ്റ് ഓഫ് യൂറോപ്പ്”
- Persian: “پوئرتا د اورپا”
- Persian: “پوئرتا دو اروپا”
- Persian: “پوئرتا دی اروپا”
- Polish: “Puerta de Europa”
- Portuguese: “Puerta de Europa”
- Portuguese: “Torres KIO”
- Russian: “Ворота Европы”
- Slovak: “Puerta de Europa”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Europa de Madrid”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Europa”
- Spanish: “Torres KIO”
- Spanish: “Torres Puerta de Europa”
- Swedish: “Puerta de Europa”
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