Telecommunications Tower
Torre de las Telecomunicaciones, or Torre Joaquín Torres García, usually referred as Antel Tower, is a 157-meter-tall building with 35 floors located in Montevideo, Uruguay.- Type: Commercial building
- Description: tower block in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Also known as: “Edificio Joaquín Torres García”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo de las Telecomunicaciones and Estación Central.
Museo de las Telecomunicaciones
Museum
Photo: Mevrob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo de las Telecomunicaciones is a museum.
Estación Central
Railway station
Photo: Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Estación Central is a railway station, which is situated 220 metres south of Telecommunications Tower.
Instituto Normal de Enseñanza Técnica
College
Photo: Zaelibeth17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Instituto Normal de Enseñanza Técnica is a college, which is situated 260 metres east of Telecommunications Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguada and Villa Muñoz.
Aguada
Suburb
Photo: Shant, Public domain.
Aguada is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Its name indicates water flow and originates from the springs and well it used to have which supplied the original city and the boats with drinking water.
Villa Muñoz
Suburb
Photo: pikolas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Villa Muñoz - Retiro is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay, bordering Aguada and Reducto to the west, La Figurita to the north, La Comercial to the east and Cordón to the south.
Montevideo
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.
Telecommunications Tower
- Categories: tower block, building, and office
- Location: Municipio C, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.892° or 34° 53′ 31″ southLongitude
-56.19484° or 56° 11′ 41″ westInception
2002Levels
35Height
158 metres (518 feet)Open location code
48Q54R54+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 240522431OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q2298630
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Telecommunications Tower” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Torre Antel”
- Catalan: “Torre d´Antel”
- Chinese: “電信塔 (蒙得維的亞)”
- Chinese: “電信塔”
- Dutch: “Torre Antel”
- French: “Torre de las Telecomunicaciones”
- German: “Torre Antel”
- German: “Torre de las Telecomunicaciones”
- Italian: “Torre Antel”
- Japanese: “電気通信塔”
- Polish: “Torre Antel”
- Portuguese: “Torre das Telecomunicações”
- Russian: “Башня ANTEL”
- Spanish: “Complejo Torre de las Telecomunicaciones”
- Spanish: “Torre ANTEL”
- Spanish: “Torre de ANTEL”
- Spanish: “Torre de las Comunicaciones”
- Spanish: “Torre de las Telecomunicaciones”
- Ukrainian: “Вежа Антел”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Auditorio Mario Benedetti and Lugar de reunión.
Nearby Places
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