Glòries Tower

The Torre Glòries, formerly known as Torre Agbar, is a 38-story skyscraper located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Badajoz, near , which marks the gateway to the new technological district of , , Spain.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: 38-story skyscraper in Barcelona
  • Also known as: “Torre Agbar” and “Torre Glòries”
  • Address: Diagonal 209-211

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Glòries station and Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.

Tram stop
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 3.0.
Glòries is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, at the boundary between the and districts of . It is served by TMB line L1. is situated 200 metres southwest of Glòries Tower.

Theater building
Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a public theatre located in , Catalonia, Spain. It was created by the Culture Department of the Catalan Government to normalize and enhance the theatre and dance in Catalan language and their creators. is situated 510 metres southwest of Glòries Tower.

Museum
Photo: Museus VilaCasas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Can Framis is the latest Fundació Vila Casas museum, an art center in devoted to the promotion of contemporary Catalan painting. Located in the old Can Framis factory complex, the museum displays more than 250 paintings from the sixties to the present made by artists born or currently living in Catalonia. is situated 460 metres east of Glòries Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou and El Clot.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the district of , . The cores from this area were established around several parks, and the road that connected with , and la Llacuna.

Quarter
Photo: Amadalvarez, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighborhood in the district of , . It is one of the oldest parts of the district that has been around since the medieval times under the name Clotum Melis.

Quarter
Photo: Mutari, Public domain.
El Camp de l'Arpa del Clot is one of the ten neighborhoods of which compose the district of , . It was annexed by Barcelona in 1897. It is situated in the upper part of this district and before it was named Camp de l'Arca.

Glòries Tower

Latitude
41.40352° or 41° 24′ 13″ north
Longitude
2.18952° or 2° 11′ 22″ east
Inception
2004
Levels
34
Height
144 metres (474 feet)
Roof shape
dome
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FH4C53Q+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44213122
Open­Street­Map feature
attraction=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q336246
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Glòries Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج أغبار”
  • Arabic: “توري أغبار”
  • Armenian: “Ագբար”
  • Asturian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Basque: “Glòries dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Торэ Агбар”
  • Bosnian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Bulgarian: “Торе Агбар”
  • Catalan: “Torre Agbar”
  • Catalan: “Torre Glòries”
  • Chinese: “荣耀大厦”
  • Chinese: “阿格巴塔”
  • Czech: “Torre Agbar”
  • Czech: “Torre Glòries”
  • Dutch: “Torre Glories”
  • Dutch: “Torre Glòries”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “توري جلوريس”
  • Esperanto: “Turo Glòries”
  • Estonian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Finnish: “Torre Glòries”
  • French: “Torre Agbar”
  • French: “Tour Agbar”
  • French: “tour Glòries”
  • French: “Tour Glòries”
  • Galician: “Torre Glòries”
  • Georgian: “ტორე აგბარი”
  • Georgian: “ტორე გლორიესი”
  • German: “Torre Glòries”
  • German: “Turm Glòries”
  • Hebrew: “טורה אגבר”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל אגבר”
  • Hungarian: “Torre Agbar”
  • Hungarian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Indonesian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Irish: “Torre Agbar”
  • Irish: “Torre Glòries”
  • Italian: “Torre Agbar”
  • Italian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Japanese: “アグバール・タワー”
  • Japanese: “アグバールタワー”
  • Japanese: “トーレ・アグバール”
  • Kazakh: “Торре Агбар”
  • Korean: “아그바 타워”
  • Korean: “토레 글로라이즈”
  • Korean: “토레 글로리에스”
  • Luxembourgish: “Torre Glòries”
  • Malay: “Torre Agbar”
  • Malay: “Torre Glòries”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torre Glòries”
  • Norwegian: “Torre Glòries”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Torre Glòries”
  • Persian: “توره گلوریس”
  • Polish: “Torre Glòries”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Glòries”
  • Russian: “Torre Agbar”
  • Russian: “Агбар”
  • Russian: “башня Агбар”
  • Russian: “Башня Агбар”
  • Russian: “Торре Агбар”
  • Slovak: “Torre Glòries”
  • Spanish: “Torre Agbar de Barcelona”
  • Spanish: “Torre Agbar”
  • Spanish: “Torre Glorias”
  • Spanish: “Torre Glories”
  • Spanish: “Torre Glòries”
  • Swedish: “Torre Glòries”
  • Turkish: “Torre Agbar”
  • Turkish: “Torre Glòries”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Аґба”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Аґбар”
  • Vietnamese: “Torre Glòries”
  • Welsh: “Torre Glòries”
  • Western Armenian: “Ակպար Աշտարակը, Սպանիա”

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