Torre

Torre

Torre (plurals Torri and Torres) means "tower" in six Romance languages (Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Italian and Corsu) and may refer to:

Backpack

*Torre, a 85litre large ruck sac made by a New Zealand firm Macpac

Biology

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

Chess strategy

* Torre Attack

Communities

Brazil

* Torre, a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil

Italy

* Campolongo al Torre, a comune of Italy
* Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in Rome, the ancient Campus Martius
* San Vito al Torre, comune in Italy
* Torre, one of 17 "contrade" of Siena, Italy
* Torre Annunziata, a comune of Naples
* Torre Boldone, comune of Lombardi
* Torre Bormida, a comune in Italy
* Torre Canavese, a comune of Turin
* Torre de' Busi, a comune in Lombardi
* Torre del Greco, comune of Naples
* Torre Mondovì, city in Italy
* Torre Pallavicina, a comune of Italy
* Torre Pellice, comune of Turin
* Torri del Benaco, comune in Italy
* Torri di Quartesolo, comune in Italy
* Torri in Sabina, a comune of Latium
* Torri Superiore, a village in Liguria

Mexico

* Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, community of Mexico

Spain

* La Torre, municipality of Spain
* Torre Alháquime, a city in Spain
* Torre-Cardela, municipality of Spain
* Torre de Arcas, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
* Torre de las Arcas, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
* Torre del Compte, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
* Torre los Negros, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
* Torre-Pacheco, Spanish municipality
* Torre de Loizaga, a Castle in the Basque Country of Spain

Switzerland

* Torre, Switzerland, a village in Ticino

United Kingdom

* Torre, Somerset

Music

* Torre De Babel, an album

Geographic features

Elevations

* Cerro Torre, a mountain in the Patagonian Ice Field
* Torre de Aspa, an elevation on the coast of Portugal
* Torre de Cerredo, a peak in Spain
* Torre (Serra da Estrela), the highest point of the Mainland Portugal

Islands

* Torre Astura, island near Anzio

Streams

* Torre River, tributary of the Isonzo

People

*Arath de la Torre, Mexican actor
*Carlos María de la Torre, Cardinal of Equador
*Carlos Torre Repetto (1905–1978), chess grandmaster from Mexico
*Della Torre, an Italian noble family
*Diego de la Torre, Mexican football player
*Eugenio Torre (born 1951), Filipino chess grandmaster
*Frank Torre, American baseball player
*Joe Torre (born 1940), manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team
*José Aponte de la Torre, Puerto Rican politician
*José Manuel de la Torre, soccer player
*José María Torre, Mexican actor
*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre, Austrian entomologist
*Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentine film director
*Lisandro de la Torre, Argentine politician
*Manuel de la Torre, Mexican football player
*Marie Torre, American TV personality
*Oscar Torre, Cuban-American actor
*Pio La Torre, Italian statesman
*Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian political leader

Structures

Modern skyscrapers

* Torre Agbar, a building in Barcelona, Spain
* Torre Bicentenario, planned and cancelled building of Mexico City
* Torre Caja Madrid, a new skyscraper in Madrid, Spain
* Torre Caney, planned skyscraper of the Dominican Republic
* Torre de Collserola, uniquely designed tower in Barcelona
* Torre de Cristal, skyscraper in Madrid
* Torre Espacio, a new skyscraper in Madrid, Spain
* Torre Europa, skyscraper of Madrid
* Torre Fundadores, planned skyscraper of Monterrey, Mexico
* Torre Latinoamericana, a building in Mexico City, Mexico
* Torre Mapfre, skyscraper in Barcelona
* Torre Mayor, skyscraper of Mexico City
* Torre Picasso, a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain

Telecommunications towers

* Torre Entel, located in Santiago, Chile
* Torre España, located in Madrid

Tramway towers

* Torre Jaume I, tramway tower of Barcelona
* Torre Sant Sebastia, tramway tower in Barcelona

Other

* Torre Abbey, a building in Britain
* Torre Ader, monumental tower of Buenos Aires
* Torre della Ghirlandina, a bell-tower in Italy
* Torre del Oro, medieval watchtower in Seville
* Torre railway station, in the United Kingdom
* Torri, structures from which the Torréen Culture on Corsica is named

See also

* Torres
* Torres (disambiguation)


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