Gate of Europe

The Gate of Europe towers, also known as KIO Towers/"Door of Europa", are twin office buildings near the in , Spain. The towers have a height of 114 m and have 26 floors.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: twin towers in Madrid, Spain
  • Also known as: “KIO Towers”, “KIO-Türme”, “Puerta de Europa de Madrid”, “Realia and Bankia Towers”, “Torres Kio”, “Torres Puerta de Europa”, “Tours KIO”, “Towers of the Gate of Europe”, “פוארטה דה אירופה”, “بوابة أوروبا”, “پوئرتا دو اروپا”, “پوئرتا دی اروپا”, and “プエルタ・デ・エウロパ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: plaza de Castilla and Plaza de Castilla.

Square
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The is a square in the north of , Spain.

Metro station
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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 , on the border between the districts of Tetuán and .

Stadium
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Bernabéu, formerly known as Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, is a retractable roof football stadium in the , , 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 in Barcelona. is situated 1½ km south of Gate of Europe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almenara and Castillejos.

Quarter
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, also popularly known by the name of La Ventilla, is an administrative neighborhood of located in the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.999369 km2.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of 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.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of , belonging to the district of . 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

Latitude
40.4667° or 40° 28′ 0″ north
Longitude
-3.68917° or 3° 41′ 21″ west
Elevation
761 metres (2,497 feet)
Open location code
8CGRF886+M8
Geo­Names ID
6947429
Wiki­data ID
Q1141262
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Gate of Europe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبراج 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”
  • Galician: “Puerta de Europa”
  • German: “Puerta de Europa”
  • Hebrew: “שער אירופה”
  • Italian: “Porta d’Europa di Madrid”
  • Italian: “Puerta de Europa”
  • Japanese: “プエルタ・デ・エウローパ”
  • Korean: “푸에르타 데 에우로파”
  • Malayalam: “ഗേറ്റ് ഓഫ് യൂറോപ്പ്”
  • Persian: “پوئرتا د اورپا”
  • Polish: “Puerta de Europa”
  • Portuguese: “Puerta de Europa”
  • Russian: “Ворота Европы”
  • Slovak: “Puerta de Europa”
  • Spanish: “Puerta de Europa”
  • Swedish: “Puerta de Europa”

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Places to explore: Tetuán and Valdeacederas.

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Places to explore: Exe Puerta Castilla and Europcar Madrid Castellana.

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