Torre Bauer, tower in Vicuña, Chile

Torre Bauer is a red tower about 28 meters tall, the highest structure in Vicuña, with a steel frame covered in Oregon pine and white-trimmed windows. It occupies the site of the former Town Hall from 1826 and shapes the city's appearance today.

The tower was built in 1905 by German-Chilean entrepreneur and mayor Adolfo Bauer Kalhardt on the site of the former Town Hall from 1826. Its construction reflected economic changes and European influence in the region during the early 1900s.

The tower's design is said to draw on the medieval buildings of Ulm, the German city Adolfo Bauer came from. Beer and drink labels from Bauer's factory carried an image of the tower, making it a local mark. Since 2010 a Correos Chile stamp has shown it too.

The tower stands at the corner of San Martín and Gabriela Mistral streets, on the site of the old Cabildo. The municipal tourist information office is at its base, so it is a natural first stop for orientation in Vicuña. Side winds in the Elqui valley have damaged the structure over time, and since the 1990s it has been reinforced and remodelled several times.

Adolfo Bauer's brewery and drinks factory used an image of the tower on its bottle and product labels, making it a trademark of the business. Chile's postal service, Correos Chile, issued a stamp showing the tower on 7 May 2010, marking 105 years since its inauguration.