The GCW Tour, Spain & Morocco: A Giant Record Needle?
This is in the vicinity of the Olympic stadium. If anyone has a clue what it's supposed to be, by all means leave a comment letting me know. The niece and I were wondering about this during the entire walk from the castle to the art museum.
This is from Wikipedia:
ReplyDeleteThe Montjuïc Communications Tower (Catalan: Torre de Comunicacions de Montjuïc, IPA: [ˈtorə ðə kumunikəsiˈonz ðə muɲʒuˈik]), popularly known as Torre Calatrava and Torre Telefónica, is a telecommunication tower in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, construction on the tower began in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The white tower was built for Telefónica to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics Games in Barcelona. The 136 m (446 ft) tower is located in the Olympic park, and represents an athlete holding the Olympic Flame.
The base is covered with trencadís, Gaudí's mosaic technique created from broken tile shards.
Because of the tower's orientation, it works also as a giant sundial, which uses the Europa square to indicate the hour.
Thanks! Today's tour bus narration also said it was supposed to look like an athlete "leaning forward to accept a medal," but your explanation makes more sense. Still, a crazy design for a cellphone tower, but more on that later.
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