Gate of Europe
The Gate of Europe towers, also known as KIO Towers/"Door of Europa", are twin office buildings near the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid, Spain. The towers have a height of 114 m and have 26 floors.- Type: Office building
- Description: twin towers in Madrid, Spain
- Also known as: “KIO Towers”, “KIO-Türme”, “Puerta de Europa de Madrid”, “Puerta de Europa I”, “Puerta de Europa Oeste”, “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”
- Address: Paseo de la Castellana 189, Madrid, 28046
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: plaza de Castilla and Plaza de Castilla.
plaza de Castilla
Square
The Plaza de Castilla is a square in the north of Madrid, Spain. plaza de Castilla is situated 120 metres southeast of Gate of Europe.
Plaza de Castilla
Metro station
Plaza de Castilla 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 the square of the same name, on the border between the districts of Tetuán and Chamartín.
Bernabeu Stadium
Stadium
Bernabéu, formerly known as Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, is a retractable roof football stadium in the district of Chamartín, Madrid, 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 Camp Nou in Barcelona. Bernabeu Stadium is situated 1½ km south of Gate of Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almenara and Castillejos.
Almenara
Quarter
Almenara, also popularly known by the name of La Ventilla, is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid located in the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.999369 km2.
Castillejos
Quarter
Castillejos is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid 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.
Gate of Europe
- Categories: twin towers, skyscraper, building, historic site, historic building, and office
- Location: Tetuán, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.467° or 40° 28′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.69° or 3° 41′ 24″ west
Established
1989
Levels
27
Height
115 metres (376 feet)
Open location code
8CGRF886+R2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=office
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=building
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hotel Exe Plaza and Caja Madrid Obelisk.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Helipuerto Torre Kio Oeste and Plaza Castilla.
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