TOWER OF MADRID

        Tower of Madrid

       Tower of Madrid is a skyscrapers in Madrid (Spain). It measured 142 meters high and it was built between 1954 and 1960.

       It was designed by the brothers Julian and Jose Maria Otamendi. It is located al the end of the Gran Via, an emblematic place of Madrid.

 

       It has 32 floors which are shops, offices and housing. The tower has 12 elevators, the most rapid market. For years, it was the tallest building of concrete in the world. It has been used in many spanish films and the rest of Europe in the 60´s.

       For years it was the financial heart, business center and refuge of bohemian night of Madrid, with nightclubs on rooftops.

       In 2012, it had a major indoor and outdoor rehabilitation. The central and upper part of the tower (floors 15 to 34) are designed for luxury private homes. These homes have surfaces between 120 to 180 square meters and it has a terrace of 170 square meters with private pool.

       Because of it´s high in 1986, a paratrooper named Peter Dickens jump of 32 floor next to the statua of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.