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The Montjuic Communications Tower (Torre Telefónica) is a telecommunication
Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the assisted Transmission of Signal over a distance for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, this may have involved the use of smoke signals, Drum , Semaphore line, flag signals or heliograph....
 tower
Tower

Towers are tall human-made structures that are always taller than they are wide, usually by a significant margin. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
 in the Montjuïc
Montjuïc

Montju?c is a hill located in Barcelona, Spain....
 neighborhood of Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Designed by Santiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava Valls is an internationally recognized and award-winning Valencian Community Spain architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zurich, Switzerland....
, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The white tower was built for Telefónica
Telefónica

Telef?nica, S.A., is a Spain Telephone company. Operating globally, it is one of the largest fixed-line and mobile telecommunications companies in the world: List of mobile network operators in terms of number of clients only behind China Mobile and Vodafone, and in the top five in market value....
 to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona
1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
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Montjuic Communications Tower
The Montjuic Communications Tower (Torre Telefónica) is a telecommunication
Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the assisted Transmission of Signal over a distance for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, this may have involved the use of smoke signals, Drum , Semaphore line, flag signals or heliograph....
 tower
Tower

Towers are tall human-made structures that are always taller than they are wide, usually by a significant margin. Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure....
 in the Montjuïc
Montjuïc

Montju?c is a hill located in Barcelona, Spain....
 neighborhood of Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Designed by Santiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava Valls is an internationally recognized and award-winning Valencian Community Spain architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zurich, Switzerland....
, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The white tower was built for Telefónica
Telefónica

Telef?nica, S.A., is a Spain Telephone company. Operating globally, it is one of the largest fixed-line and mobile telecommunications companies in the world: List of mobile network operators in terms of number of clients only behind China Mobile and Vodafone, and in the top five in market value....
 to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona
1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
. The 136 m (446 ft) tower is located in the Olympic park, and represents an athlete holding the Olympic Flame
Olympic Flame

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the Ancient Olympic Games....
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The basement is covered with 'trencadís
Trencadís

'Trencad?s' is a type of mosaic created from broken tile shards. The technique is also called pique assiette.The Catalan architects Antoni Gaud? and Josep Maria Jujol used trencad?s in many projects, among which Barcelona's Park G?ell is probably the most famous....
', Gaudí's mosaic technique created from broken tile shards.

Because of the tower's orientation, it works also as a giant sundial, which uses the Europa square to indicate the hour.

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