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1. Puerta Europa

The two towers that make up the so-called Puerta de Europa, also known as Torres KIO (because they were sponsored by the Kuwaiti company KIO, Kuwait Investments Office) are two towers leaning towards each other, 15 ° from the vertical with a height of 114 m and 26 floors. They are located in the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid (Spain), near the financial center AZCA.

Were opened simultaneously in 1996 and are the work of American architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee. It was the first skyscrapers were built inclined in the world. They were built and planned between the eighties and nineties, to dignify the environment of the Plaza de Castilla (where the monument of José Calvo Sotelo) while being traversed by the Paseo de la Castellana.

The tower on the left exit towards Madrid is known as Puerta de Europa I while the other is known as Puerta de Europa II. To avoid confusion the first has a helipad painted in blue and the second in red. The tower on the left is the logo of Caja Madrid, while the tower on the right, has the logo of Realia, a real estate company. Realia logo was added later.

In 2007 Caja Madrid decided to buy the Torre Repsol, which moved its headquarters once it is finished.

After construction, there was a lawsuit, called the "case KIO, which sentenced the Catalan businessman Javier de la Rosa for the diversion of more than 375 million KIO group and its Spanish subsidiary Grupo Torras.

One accused the 11-M before the attack allegedly stated his intention not to rest until he had knocked down the Towers KIO.

The final scenes of the film The Day of the Beast (1995) run at the base and the interior, still under construction, one of the towers.

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2. Plaza Castilla

Situated in the north of the city and is bisected by the Paseo de la Castellana, one of the main thoroughfares of the capital, almost at its end, in the Chamartin district and is the hub of the neighborhood of Castille. Also converge in this place Asturias Avenue and the streets of Agustin de Foxa, Matthew Inurria and Bravo Murillo.

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3. Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is a sports arena located in the Chamartin district, north of Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947, remain the property of Real Madrid football club, with a capacity of 85,354 spectators. In 2007 the stadium was named by UEFA elite stadium.

4. Torre Europa

Europe Tower is a skyscraper in the Spanish city of Madrid.

It measures 121 meters tall and is ranked No. 7 of the tallest skyscrapers in the Spanish capital (including the CTBA), but possibly the No. 9 near future because they have proposed two new high-rise towers called Valdecarros. The building houses offices of various companies. 30 floors and is in the business complex AZCA, more exactly in the corner of Avenida del General Perón with Paseo de la Castellana (No. 95).
Detail of the facade.

During the weekend, became a prominent area of entertainment and nightlife, because of the numerous pubs and even establishment that opened its doors in the underground levels.

Built in 1985, its architect is Miguel Oriol e Ybarra, and this is its most important skyscrapers. The facade is very similar to the World Trade Center buildings, but the foot of the building is very different. It has a large clock on top, with very light visible at night. Some companies that are in the building are EULER HERMES, Caja Madrid, Espacio SA, Marina d'Or, Necso, Bovis Lend Lease, Otis Spain, Optimedia, Zardoya Otis, Inmobiliaria Espacio SL and KPMG among others. On 5 October 1990, suffered a fire in his 29th floor, fortunately without serious consequences. The ETA terrorist group attacked the building on 1 May 2002 with 20 kg of high explosive, but only succeeded in destroying some windows.

5. Torre Picasso

Picasso Tower is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain, in the Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso, within the business and commercial complex AZCA, located next to Paseo de la Castellana in the financial heart of the Spanish capital. At the time, with 45 floors and 157 meters above ground, was the tallest skyscraper in Madrid and Spain. It was designed by the Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki (who also designed the missing World Trade Center in New York).

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6. Torre BBVA

La Torre del Banco de Bilbao is a building located in the city of Madrid and designed by Spanish architect Sáenz de Oiza. The project is the winner of a competition restricted to a series of influential, by Banco de Bilbao in 1971 for the construction of the Headquarters in the City of AZCA in Madrid. It was built between 1979 and 1981.

Construction responded to numerous technical challenges remain the key of having to literally build itself on the rail tunnel.

It is a rectangular tower, 107 meters high (more than thirty plants) and a striking ocher increasingly intense due to the formation of rust on its facade. In plant has two nuclei that are both services (stairs, elevators ...) and structural. All around the perimeter of the plant are working lit spaces without divisions or obstruction.

The foundation had to be thought given that under the building runs the rail tunnel. Thus, the entire structure rests on two large piles of concrete on horseback on either side of the tunnel. The central claims at regular intervals, six prestressed concrete platforms. Each in turn supports five-story steel structure. The facade, with round corners and continuous steel and glass to allow views from any point outside is decorated with aluminum parasols that surround each floor.

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7. Nuevos Ministerios

Los Nuevos Ministerios are a government complex that houses the headquarters of several ministries in Madrid (Spain). It is located in the block bounded by the Paseo de la Castellana, the streets Raimundo Fernández Villaverde and Agustin de Betancourt and the Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz.

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8. National Museum of Natural Sciences

The National Museum of Natural Sciences of Spain was established in 1772 by Charles III in the building designed by Villanueva and currently occupied by the Museo del Prado (Madrid). Then called Royal Cabinet of Natural History, and largely stemmed from the donation of a Spanish merchant, a native of Guayaquil, Peter F. Davila, his major collection and library. In 1815 became known as the Royal Museum of Natural Sciences since 1887, settling in what was then the Palace of Industry and Fine Arts (which had been designed to host exhibitions and conferences). Since 1913 holds the current name.

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9. Plaza de Colon

The Plaza de Colon is one of the best sights of the city of Madrid, Spain. Get the name of Christopher Columbus, who does honor. It is bounded by the streets of Serrano, Goya, Jorge Juan, and the Paseo de Recoletos and La Castellana, uniting the last two with the streets of Genoa. On its east is a large open area known as the Discovery Gardens.

In that space is the Art Center-formerly Teatro Fernan Gomez Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid-and a monument to Christopher Columbus erected in Gothic style between 1881 and 1885. This consists of a square base and an octagonal pillar reliefs carved in stone by Arthur Mélida, and a statue of three meters high carved in white marble from Italy by Jeronimo Sunol. The total height is 17 meters.

In 1977 he settled in the gardens the Monument to the Discovery of America, by Joaquin Vaquero Turcios. It is a set of three concrete macroesculturas called respectively Prophecies, The genesis and Discovery, with reliefs and inscriptions.

At Plaza de Colon flies one of the largest flags of Spain.

In crossing the square on Calle Genova calls are erected Columbus Towers, designed by architect Antonio Lamela Martinez and built between 1967 and 1976.

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