Puerta de Europa (KIO towers) - Torre del Oro

     Puerta de Europa (KIO Towers): Puerta de Europa are two twin skycrapers inclined offices with a height of 114 meters and 26 floors located in the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid. The towers have a parallelepiped shape and an inclination of 14.3 degrees. They belong to Bankia and Realia. They were built between 1989 and 1996 by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas mainly of glass, granite and metal, the architects were Philip Johnson and John Burgee. It belongs to the post-modern architecture style. In spite of all the problems found by this two towers, either targets of attempted attacks or of the economic crisis, the KIO Towers are still in perfect condition to the present.




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     Torre del Oro: The Torre del Oro is a tower that forms part of a fortified area on the banks of Guadalquivir. It was buit by order of the Almohad governor of Sevilla, Abù l-Ulà between the years 1220and 1221 in an almohad style with stone, probably sandstone. It has got a duodecaedric cylinder floor. It was the most important defensive building of the Almohad city defensive system in it's begginings but after Sevilla was conquered by the christian army, it were used first as chapeland then as prision. The legend claims that it was also used as a store of silver and gold because it is located near Casa de la Moneda but it is compleatly false. I It was owned by many different empires in the history, ven thought it's shape is still almost the same.

Gonzalo Torrente Bermúdez - 3rd A