Torre

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

Contents 1 Backpack 2 Biology 3 Chess strategy 4 Communities 4.1 Brazil 4.2 Italy 4.3 Mexico 4.4 Spain 4.5 Switzerland 5 Music 6 Geographic features 6.1 Elevations 6.2 Islands 6.3 Streams 7 People 8 Structures 8.1 Modern skyscrapers 8.2 Telecommunications towers 8.3 Tramway towers 8.4 Other 9 See also

[edit] Backpack

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

[edit] Biology

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

[edit] Chess strategy

• Torre Attack

[edit] Communities

[edit] Brazil

• Torre, a neighborhood in Recife, Brazil

[edit] 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

[edit] Mexico

• Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz, community of Mexico

[edit] 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

[edit] Switzerland

• Torre, Switzerland, a village in Ticino

[edit] Music

• Torre De Babel, an album

[edit] Geographic features

[edit] 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

[edit] Islands

• Torre Astura, island near Anzio

[edit] Streams

• Torre River, tributary of the Isonzo

[edit] 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 basebll 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

[edit] Structures

[edit] 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

[edit] Telecommunications towers

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

[edit] Tramway towers

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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Torres
• Torres (disambiguation)