Faro de Moncloa
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Faro de Moncloa
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Faro de Moncloa in Madrid, Spain.
The Faro de Moncloa is also known as "La Torre de Iluminación y Comunicaciones del Ayuntamiento de Madrid". It is located on Avenida Reyes Católicos. Standing opposite Faro de Moncloa is the American Museum and the Library of the AECI.
This transmission tower stands 110 metres high. It has an observation deck with 400 square meters of surface area, accessible by a lift inside the main shaft. From the observation deck visitors have excellent views of northwest Madrid and the surrounding Guadarrama mountains.
The view from one side of this Faro de Moncloa allows you to see the Arco del Triunfo de Moncloa, Madrid's Royal Palace, the Almudena Cathedral, the grand Telefonica building on Gran Via and the Picasso tower and the other skyscrapers on the Castellana, whereas on the other side you can see the snowy tops (in Winter) of the Madrid Sierra.
The architect for the project was Salvador Pérez Arroyo. In 1990 he was commissioned to design the structure in preparation for Madrid being the European Capital of Culture in 1992. The impressive structure comprising 1,200 cubic metres of concrete and 10,000 tonnes of steel was inaugurated in February 1992. It was then known as the Faro de la Moncloa.
Faro de Moncloa was closed to the public in 2005, This followed the fire that started late on Saturday night of February 12, 2005 in the Windsor Tower in the AZCA commercial business area. As a result of this blaze that destroyed the Windsor Tower, fire regulation were tightened and Faro de Moncloa was then found to be in breach of the rules of Madrid City Hall. One of the main reasons was the spiral staircase within the shaft of the building that is only 80 centimetres wide.
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