Torrespaña, Broadcasting tower in Salamanca district, Madrid, Spain

Torrespaña is a concrete broadcasting tower in Madrid's Salamanca district that rises approximately 232 meters above the ground with four stacked antenna platforms crowning its top. The cylindrical structure is covered with numerous antennas that transmit television and radio signals across the region.

Construction of the Torrespaña complex and its communications tower began on 17 February 1981 and was finished in thirteen months, on a plot of over 22,000 square metres in central Madrid. The project was led by Emilio Fernández Martínez de Velasco, and the Spanish kings inaugurated the complex on 7 June 1982, in time to use the tower during the 1982 Football World Cup. After the tournament, TVE's news services moved from the basements of the Casa de la Radio into the office buildings beside the tower.

Local people call this tower El Pirulí because of how its shape resembles a traditional Spanish lollipop. The nickname shows how much this building has become part of daily conversation in the city.

The complex is an active RTVE broadcast and news centre and is not open to visitors. The tower stands on a plot of over 22,000 square metres in the centre of Madrid, so it can be seen and photographed from street level in the surrounding streets.

The complex was built in just thirteen months, from 17 February 1981 to its inauguration by the Spanish kings on 7 June 1982, timed for the 1982 Football World Cup. The news services of TVE had previously worked in the basements of the Casa de la Radio before moving into the office buildings beside the tower.