Tower sights in Spain
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Cathedral
Cádiz's yellow-domed cathedral is an impressively proportioned baroque-cum-neoclassical construction but by Spanish standards very sober in its decoration. It fronts a broad, traffic-free plaza where the cathedral's ground-plan is picked out in the paving stones. The decision to build the cathedral was taken in 1716 but the project wasn't finished until 1838, by which time neoclassical elements, such as the dome, towers and main facade, had diluted Vicente Acero's original baroque plan.
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Torre Agbar
This glimmering cucumber-shaped tower by Jean Nouvel has come to share the skyline limelight with La Sagrada Família and it is now the most visible landmark in the city. You can generally get inside the foyer, where temporary exhibitions are sometimes staged. It is best viewed at night, when its carapace is lit up in reds, purples and blues. It’s right by the Glòries metro station.
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Torre de la Vela
The ramparts and several towers are all that remain of the citadel. The most important is the Torre de la Vela, with a winding staircase to its top terrace, which has splendid views. The cross and banners of the Reconquista were raised here in January 1492. In the past the tower's bell chimes controlled the irrigation system of Granada's fertile plain, the Vega.
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Torre Tavira
The Torre Tavira is the highest of Cádiz’s old watchtowers (in the 18th century the city had no fewer than 160 of these, built so that citizens could observe the comings and goings of ships without leaving home). It provides great panoramas and has a camera obscura projecting live images of the city onto a screen.
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Torre de Collserola
The 288m Torre de Collserola telecommunications tower was completed by Norman Foster in 1992. An external glass lift whisks you up 115m to the visitors’ observation area, from where you can see for 70km on a clear day. Take bus 111 from Funicular de Vallvidrera.
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Mudéjar Towers
The Iglesia de La Magdalena, Iglesia de San Miguel and Iglesia de San Gil all boast fine 14th- and 15th-century Mudéjar towers - at their best when floodlit at night. You'll find them in El Tubo neighbourhood.
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Puerta de la Justicia
If you already have your Alhambra ticket, you can climb the Cuesta Empedrada path up to the left and pass through the austere Puerta de la Justicia, constructed in 1348 as the Alhambra's main entrance.
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Torre de las Cigüeñas
Just to the east of the Plaza de San Mateo is the Torre de las Cigüeñas. This was the only Cáceres tower to retain its battlements when the rest were lopped off in the late 15th century.
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Torre de Poniente
From a separate entrance on Plaza de la Catedral, climb to the top of the Torre de Poniente for marvellous vistas.
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Iglesia de Santa Ana
Plaza Nueva extends northeast into Plaza Santa Ana, where the Iglesia de Santa Ana incorporates a mosque's minaret in its belltower.
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Torre de Bujaco
You can climb to the top of the 12th-century Torre de Bujaco for a good stork’s-eye view of the Plaza Mayor.
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Torreón de Lozoya
The 14th-century Torreón de Lozoya is a tower that was once an armoury and now houses exhibitions.
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