''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven

Romance languages The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...

( Portuguese,

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

, Galician, Catalan,

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...

and Corsican) and may refer to:

Biology

* Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome * '' Sypharochiton torri'', a mollusc

Chess

Carlos Torre Repetto Carlos Jesús Torre Repetto (29 November 1904Carlos Torre's birth certificate ...

, Mexican chess grandmaster **

Torre Attack The Torre Attack is a chess opening characterized by the moves: :1. d4 Nf6 :2. Nf3 e6 :3. Bg5 ('' ECO'' code A46) or the Tartakower Variation in the Queen's Pawn Game (''ECO'' code D03): :2... d5 :3. Bg5 or the Torre Attack in the East ...

, an opening in chess *

Eugenio Torre Eugenio Oliveros Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a Filipino Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. In 1974, at 22 years old, he became the first Filipino and non-Soviet Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. Torre di ...

(born 1951), Filipino chess grandmaster * An alternative name for a rook in chess

Places

Brazil

* Torre, a neighborhood in the metropolitan area of

Recife Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast R ...

England

* Torre, Torquay, an area of Torquay in Devon * Torre, Somerset, a hamlet in the county of Somerset

France

* Torre, Corsica

Italy

Torre Annunziata Torre Annunziata (; ) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is located on the Gulf of Naples, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. History The city was destroyed in the Vesuvius eruption of 7 ...

, a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania *

Torre Archirafi Torre Archirafi () is a ''frazione ''of the comune (municipality) of Riposto in the Catania area of southern Italy. The small fishing village is located about northeast of Catania and about south of Riposto. History The name comes from Torre d ...

, a frazione in the comune of Riposto in the province of Catania in the region of Sicily *

Torre Boldone Torre Boldone (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo, at the entrance of the Valle Seriana. Part of Torre Boldo ...

, a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy *

Torre Bormida Torre Bormida is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Torre Bormida borders the following municipalities: Bergolo, Bosia, Cortem ...

, a comune in the province of Cuneo in the region Piedmont *

Torre Canavese Torre Canavese ( Piedmontese: ''La Tor Bèr'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cu ...

, a comune in the province of Turin in the region Piedmont *

Torre de' Busi Torre de' Busi ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the la ...

, a comune in the province of Lecco in the region Lombardy *

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; ; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and becaus ...

, a comune in the province of Naples in the region of Campania *

Torre Mondovì Torre Mondovì is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about east of Cuneo Cuneo (; ; ; ) is a city and in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of ...

, a comune in the province of Cuneo in the region Piedmont *

Torre Pallavicina Torre Pallavicina ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the l ...

, a comune in the province of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy *

Torre Pellice Torre Pellice ( Vivaro-Alpine: ''La Torre de Pèlis'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important bu ...

, a comune in the province of Turin in the region Piedmont ;Other variants: *

Torri del Benaco Torri del Benaco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about northwest of Verona, on the eastern coast of the Lake Garda Lake Garda (, , or , ; ; ) is the l ...

, a comune in the province of Verona in the region of Veneto *

Torri di Quartesolo Torri di Quartesolo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern-eastern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of I ...

, a comune in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto *

Torri in Sabina Torri in Sabina is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about north of Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also t ...

, a comune in the province of Rieti in the Italian of Latium * Torri Superiore, a medieval village in the commune of Ventimiglia in the province of Imperia in the region of Liguria *

Campolongo al Torre Campolongo al Torre () is a former ''comune'' of the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 40 km northwest of Trieste and about 25 km southeast of Udine. Since 2009 it has been one of the two princip ...

, a commune in the province of Udine in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia *

Largo di Torre Argentina Largo di Torre Argentina (, ) is a large open space in Rome, Italy, with four Roman Republican temples and the remains of Pompey's Theatre. It is in the ancient Campus Martius. This was one of the places the ancient " Argentario"--the silver/mo ...

, a square in the ancient Campus Martius, Rome *

San Vito al Torre San Vito al Torre (; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Udine. San Vito al Torre borders the following m ...

, a comune in the province of Udine in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Mexico

Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz Martínez or Martinez may refer to: Places Argentina * Martínez, Buenos Aires * Coronel Martínez de Hoz, Buenos Aires Province France * Hôtel Martinez, in Cannes Mexico * Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz Spain * Martínez, Ávila, a municipalit ...

, a municipality in the State of Veracruz

Portugal

* Torre (Amares), a civil parish in the municipality of

Amares Amares (), officially Town of Amares (), is a List of municipalities of Portugal, municipality in Braga District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 18,889, in an area of 81.95 km2. Amares limits to the north and northeast with the municipa ...

Puerto Rico

Torre, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico Torre is a barrio in the municipality of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,096. History Torre was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of ...

, a ''barrio''

Spain

* Torre (Treviño), a hamlet *

La Torre La Torre is a municipality composed of the following districts, Balbarda, Blacha, Ávila, Blacha, Guareña, Oco and Sanchicorto located in the Ávila (province), province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Institu ...

, a municipality in the province of Ávila, autonomous community of Castile and León * Torre Alháquime, a village in the province of Cádiz, autonomous community of Andalusia *

Torre-Cardela Torre-Cardela is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the city had a population of 1,134. See also * List of municipalities in Granada Province of Granada, Granada is a provinces of Sp ...

, a municipality in the province of Granada, autonomous community of Andalusia * Torre de Arcas, a municipality in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon * Torre de las Arcas, a municipality in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon * Torre del Compte, a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon *

Torre los Negros Torre los Negros is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 94 inhabitants. See also * List of municipalities in Teruel This is a list of the mun ...

, a municipality in the Matarraña/Matarranya in the province of Teruel, autonomous community of Aragon * Torre-Pacheco, a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia * Torre de Loizaga, a Castle in the autonomous community of the Basque Country

Switzerland

Torre, Switzerland Torre was a municipality in the district of Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 January 2005, the cantonal authorities announced that Torre would merge with Aquila, Campo Blenio, Ghirone and Olivone to form a new municipali ...

, a municipality in the district of Blenio, canton of Ticino

Geographic features

Elevations

Cerro Torre Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located on the border dividing Argentina and Chile, west of Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén). At , the peak is the highest of a four mountai ...

, a mountain in the Patagonian Ice Field * Torre de Aspa, an elevation on the coast of Portugal *

Torre de Cerredo ''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages ( Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian, Occitan and Corsican) and may refer to: Biology * Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome ...

, a peak in Spain * Torre (Serra da Estrela), the highest point of mainland Portugal

Islands

Torre Astura 260px, The medieval coastal Tower of the Frangipani. Torre Astura, formerly an island called by the ancients merely Astura (Greek: ), is now a peninsula in the ''comune'' of Nettuno, on the coast of Latium, Italy, at the southeast extremity of ...

, an island near Anzio

Streams

Torre River The Torre ( Friulian: ''Tôr''; ) is a river of the Province of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. It is the main right tributary of the Isonzo; the Torre together with its own tributary the Natisone drain a large part of the Isonzo ...

, a tributary of the Isonzo

Structures

Modern skyscrapers

Torre Agbar ''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages ( Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian, Occitan and Corsican) and may refer to: Biology * Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrom ...

, a building in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, Spain * Torre Bicentenario, planned and cancelled building of

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

* Torre Caja Madrid, a new skyscraper in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Spain * Torre Caney, planned skyscraper of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

Torre de Collserola Torre de Collserola () is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster and by the Spanish civil engineers Julio Martínez Cal ...

, uniquely designed tower in

Torre de Cristal (disambiguation) Torre de Cristal (Portuguese and Spanish for Crystal Tower) may refer to: * Torre de Cristal, a building in Madrid (Spain). * Torre de Cristal (Recife), a famous sculpture located in Recife (Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of ...

, multiple structures * Torre Espacio, a new skyscraper in

, Spain *

Torre Europa (disambiguation) Name Torre Europa refer to: * Torres Europa (Torre Europa 1 to 5), complex of skyscrapers in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, suburb of Barcelona * Torre Europa (Madrid), skyscraper in Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities ...

, multiple structures * Torre Fundadores, planned skyscraper of

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

, Mexico *

Torre Latinoamericana The Torre Latinoamericana () is a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City. Its central location, height (), and history make it one of the city's most important landmarks. The skyscraper notably withstood the 8.1 magnitude 1985 Mexico City earthquake ...

, a building in

, Mexico * Torre Mapfre, skyscraper in

Torre Mayor The Torre Mayor is an office skyscraper in Mexico City, Mexico that is the eighth tallest building in Mexico with a height of 225 meters (738 feet). From its completion in 2003 until 2010, it was the tallest building in Latin America; it was su ...

, skyscraper of

Torre Picasso Torre Picasso (Picasso Tower) is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain designed by Minoru Yamasaki. From 1988 until 2007 it was the tallest building in Madrid, measuring and with 43 floors. Torre Picasso is located next to the Pablo Picasso Square, w ...

, a skyscraper in

, Spain

Telecommunications towers

Torre Entel Torre Entel (Entel Tower) is the name of a high TV and telecommunications tower in Santiago, Chile. Torre Entel has an observation deck open for visitors. Construction began in 1970 during Eduardo Frei Montalva term as president and it was ina ...

, located in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

* Torre España, located in

Tramway towers

* Torre Jaume I, tramway tower of

Torre Sant Sebastia ''Torre'' (plurals ''torri'' and ''torres'') means ''tower'' in seven Romance languages ( Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian, Occitan and Corsican) and may refer to: Biology * Muir-Torre syndrome, the inherited cancer syndrome * ...

, tramway tower in

Other

* Torre degli Asinelli, the highest of the

Towers of Bologna The Towers of Bologna are a group of medieval structures in Bologna, Italy. The two most prominent ones remaining, known as the Two Towers, are a landmark of the city. History Between the 12th and the 13th century, Bologna was a city full ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Torre Abbey Torre Abbey is a historic building and art gallery in Torquay, Devon, which lies in the South West of England. It was founded in 1196 as a monastery for Premonstratensian canons, and is now the best-preserved medieval monastery in Devon and C ...

, a building in Britain * Torre Ader, monumental tower of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

* Torre della Ghirlandina, a bell-tower in Italy *

Torre del Oro The Torre del Oro () is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river. Constructed in the first third of the 13th century, t ...

, medieval watchtower in

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

* Torre di Moravola, hotel in

Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...

Torre railway station Torre railway station is a stop on the Riviera Line in Torquay, Devon, England. It is down the line from , via . The station is managed by Great Western Railway but is not staffed. The station buildings are Grade II listed. History A broad ...

, in the United Kingdom *

Torre (WSMR) railway station Torre was a recognised stopping place, not a formal station, on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR). The railway's prime purpose was to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. It was "general practice to pick ...

, also in the United Kingdom * Torri, structures from which the Torréen Culture on

Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...

is named * Torre.co, website

Other uses

Torre (name) Torre is an Italian and Spanish surname meaning "tower". Prominent individuals with this surname include: Surname *Arath de la Torre (born 1975), Mexican actor * Carlos María de la Torre (1873–1968), Cardinal of Ecuador *Carlos Torre Repetto (19 ...

* Torre, one of 17 ''contrade'' of

Siena Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...