Torre Jaume I is a 107-metre (351 feet) high
steel
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truss
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
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tower
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures.
Towers are specifi ...
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Barcelona
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Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
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Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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, which was built in 1931 by
Carlos Boigas. The tower is currently the fifth-tallest
aerial lift pylon in the world, and is a part of the
Port Vell Aerial Tramway from
Torre Sant Sebastia to
Montjuïc
Montjuïc () is a hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Etymology
Montjuïc translates to " Jewish Mountain" from medieval Latin and Catalan, and remains of a medieval Jewish cemetery have been found there. Some sources suggest that Montju ...
. Torre Jaume I also has an observation platform.
See also
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List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
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Aerial lift pylon
External links
Profile of the towerat emporis
Scale drawing of the towerat skyscraperpge
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Buildings and structures in Barcelona
Towers completed in 1931
Towers in Catalonia
1931 establishments in Spain
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