The Montjuïc Communications Tower in Barcelona was designed by Santiago Calatrava for Telefónica. The infobox and text agree that it was built from 1989 to 1992.
The article calls the style Neo-futurism. It describes a white tower with a base covered in trencadís, a mosaic technique of broken tile shards associated with Gaudí. It names no other materials. The antenna spire is 446 feet (136 m) high.
It was built to transmit television coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics, and the tower represents an athlete holding the Olympic Flame. Its orientation lets it work as a giant sundial, using Europa Square to indicate the hour. The article gives no later events, current use or hours.
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