· Torre Agbar: Agbar Tower is a skyscraper in Barcelona. It has 34 floors abovethe surface and four underground floors for a total of 145 meters, becoming, at the time of its opening (June 2005) in the thirdtallest building in the Catalan capital, exceeded only by the HotelArts and Torre Mapfre (both with 154 meters high). The buildinghas a total of 50,693 meters square, of which 30,000 are of offices, 3,210 of technical, service 8132, including an auditorium,and parking 9132.It was officially opened by the kings of Spain on September 16, 2005 and had a cost of 130 million euros.
Since its inception, the shape of the tower, for some evocativeimage of a large suppository or a huge phallus that emerges in the middle of Barcelona has generated much controversy sincethe building for some it's a hoax conducted by Jean Nouvel who is also criticized the fact did not take into account thecharacteristics of the environment on which their building stands. In addition, copies of the Tower of London.
· The tower has been climbed by Alain Robert French twice. The first on August 3, 2006 in an action with which he tried to claimpeace in the conflict in Lebanon and the second in September2007.
· Torre Agbar was recorded by the company Aguas de Barcelona in the Spanish Office of Patents and Trademarks to be used as a brand of alcoholic beverages in 2007.
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