Torre del Oro
The Torre del Oro is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alcázar of Seville and Teatro de la Maestranza.
Alcázar of Seville
Photo: لا روسا, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville, is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain and one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. Alcázar of Seville is situated 540 metres east of Torre del Oro.
Teatro de la Maestranza
Theater building
The Teatro de la Maestranza is an opera house located in Seville, Spain. The theatre was conceived to be one of the main cultural venues of the Seville Expo '92, and the first performance took place in 1991, shortly before the inauguration of the Universal Exposition. Teatro de la Maestranza is situated 180 metres north of Torre del Oro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Real Casa de la Moneda and El Arenal.
Real Casa de la Moneda
Neighborhood
Photo: Anual, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Real Casa de la Moneda is a neighborhood.
El Arenal
Neighborhood
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El Arenal is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville, the Casco Antiguo. It lies on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river to the west of the old Jewish Quarter, Santa Cruz, and south of the neighbourhoods of Museo and Alfalfa.
Torre del Oro
- Type: Tower
- Description: tower in Seville, Spain
- Categories: monument and albarrana tower
- Location: Seville, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Torre del Oro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج الذهب”
- Armenian: “Տոռե դել Օրո”
- Basque: “Torre del Oro”
- Basque: “Urrearen Dorrea”
- Bengali: “টোরে দেল ওরো”
- Catalan: “Torre de l’Or”
- Catalan: “Torre del Oro (Sevilla)”
- Catalan: “Torre del Oro”
- Chinese: “黃金塔”
- Chinese: “黄金塔”
- Danish: “Torre del Oro”
- Dutch: “Torre del Oro”
- Esperanto: “Ora Turo”
- Esperanto: “Turo de la Oro”
- Estonian: “Torre del Oro”
- Finnish: “Torre del Oro”
- French: “La tour d’or de sévillle”
- French: “Torre del Oro (Sevilla)”
- French: “Torre del Oro”
- French: “Tour de l’Or”
- Galician: “Torre del Oro (Sevilla)”
- Galician: “Torre del Oro”
- German: “Torre del Oro (Sevilla)”
- German: “Torre del Oro”
- Greek: “Τόρρε ντελ Όρο”
- Guarani: “Torre del Oro”
- Hebrew: “טורה דל אורו”
- Hebrew: “מגדל הזהב”
- Hungarian: “Torre del Oro”
- Indonesian: “Torre del Oro”
- Italian: “Torre del Oro”
- Italian: “Torre dell’Oro”
- Italian: “Torre dellOro”
- Japanese: “トーレ・デル・オロ”
- Korean: “황금의 탑”
- Macedonian: “Златна кула”
- Polish: “Torre del Oro”
- Portuguese: “Torre del Oro”
- Russian: “Торре дель Оро”
- Russian: “Торре-дель-Оро”
- Slovenian: “Torre del Oro”
- Spanish: “Torre del Oro de Sevilla”
- Spanish: “Torre del Oro”
- Swedish: “Torre del Oro”
- Ukrainian: “Торре-дель-Оро”
- Urdu: “سنہری برج”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹورے ڈل اورو”
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