Torrespaña
Torrespaña is a 232 m 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.- Type: Tower
- Description: Telecommunications Tower of Madrid, Spain
- Also known as: “The Pirulí” and “Torre Espana”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid and Museo Casa de la Moneda.
Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Stadium
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
Sports Palace of the Community of Madrid or simply Madrid Sports Palace, officially Movistar Arena since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain. Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid is situated 760 metres northwest of Torrespaña.
Museo Casa de la Moneda
Museum
Photo: Martinevans123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of the Royal Mint is a permanent exhibition in the Spanish Royal Mint in Madrid, Spain. It contains the largest numismatic collection in Spain and one of the most complete in Europe. Museo Casa de la Moneda is situated 490 metres northwest of Torrespaña.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fuente del Berro and Ibiza.
Fuente del Berro
Quarter
Photo: Daniel Lobo, CC BY 2.0.
Fuente del Berro is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Salamanca. It has an area of 0.852579 km2. As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 21,341.
Ibiza
Quarter
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Ibiza is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Retiro. It has an area of 0.490863 km2. As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 22,050.
Estrella
Quarter
Estrella is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Retiro. It has an area of 1.025805 km2. As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 23,474.
Torrespaña
- Category: television tower
- Location: Salamanca, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Torrespaña” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Piruli”
- Basque: “Torrespaña”
- Catalan: “El Pirulí”
- Catalan: “Torrespaña”
- Chinese: “托雷斯帕尼亞電視台”
- Dutch: “De Pirulí”
- Dutch: “Torrespaña”
- Esperanto: “Torespanjo”
- French: “Le Pirulí”
- French: “Torrespaña”
- Galician: “El Pirulí”
- Galician: “Torrespaña”
- German: “Der Pirulí”
- German: “Torre España”
- German: “Torrespaña”
- Italian: “Il Pirulí”
- Italian: “Torrespaña”
- Polish: “The Pirulí”
- Polish: “Torrespaña •”
- Polish: “Torrespaña”
- Russian: “Мадридская телебашня”
- Spanish: “El Pirulí”
- Spanish: “Torrespaña”
- Swedish: “The Pirulí”
- Swedish: “Torrespaña”
- Vietnamese: “Torrespaña”
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