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Torre Aguila

Torre Águila (Torreáguila) is a Roman villa near Barbaño, Montijo, Badajoz, Spain, discovered in 1984. Occupied from the 1st to 8th century AD, it produced olive oil and wine and later hosted Christian buildings and a necropolis.

Torre Astura

Torre Astura is a medieval fortified castle on an islet at the mouth of the Astura river near Nettuno, Lazio, built from 1193 by the Frangipane on a Roman villa and fishpond, site of Conradin's 1268 betrayal, now inside a military range open only in summer.

Torre Caldara

Torre Caldara (Tor Caldara, Torre delle Caldane): 16th-century coastal watchtower at Anzio, Lazio, Italy, inside the 1988 regional nature reserve with the coast's only solfatara, sulfur springs, and a Roman maritime villa of the 1st-3rd centuries AD.

Torre de Cerredo

Torre de Cerredo (Torrecerréu), about 2,650 m, is the highest peak of the Picos de Europa, the Cordillera Cantábrica, Asturias and León, first climbed 30 July 1892 by Saint-Saud and Labrouche; its normal route is PD- scrambling from the Jou de Cerredo.

Torre de Cristal

Torre de Cristal, Spanish for Glass Tower, is a 249-meter office skyscraper in Madrid designed by César Pelli, the tallest building in Spain, in the Cuatro Torres Business Area.

Torre de los Escipiones

Torre de los Escipiones (Torre dels Escipions), a Roman tower-shaped funerary mausoleum of the early 1st century AD on the Via Augusta 6 km from Tarragona, with Attis reliefs long misidentified as the Scipio brothers; part of UNESCO's Tarraco ensemble.

Torre de Palma

Torre de Palma (Villa lusitano-romana de Torre de Palma) is a large Roman villa near Monforte, Alentejo, Portugal, founded in the 1st century CE, famed for its Muses and Horses mosaics and Paleochristian basilica, a National Monument since 1970.

Torre de San Josep

Torre de San Josep (Torre de Sant Josep, formerly Torre de San José or Torre de Hércules) is a Roman funerary tower at Villajoyosa, Alicante, built 150–170 AD, the largest Roman funerary tower preserved in Spain, honoring Lucius Terentius Mancinus.

Torre de Urkulu

Torre de Urkulu (Urkulu Dorrea) is a circular Roman trophy tower on mount Urkulu (1,420 m) in Orbaizeta, Navarra, near the French border; identified by Tobie in 1976, its origin is debated between Pompey and Augustus.

Torre del Breny

Torre del Breny (Torre dels Dimonis), a 3rd-century Roman tower mausoleum at Castellgalí, Bages, Catalonia, near the Llobregat-Cardener confluence; only its 10 x 10.5 m base survives after 1870 dismantling; declared BCIN in 2022 with the Boades villa ensemble.

Torre del Filosofo

Torre del Filosofo, a locality on Etna's upper south flank at about 2,920 m, named for the legend that Empedocles sheltered there; its 1960 refuge was buried by the 2001, 2002-03, and 2013 eruptions.

Torre del Papito

Torre del Papito is a medieval tower in Rome at the edge of the Largo di Torre Argentina archaeological area, one of the city's few surviving medieval towers.

Torre di Donoratico

Torre di Donoratico: ruined 12th-century tower of the Della Gherardesca castle near Castagneto Carducci, Livorno, Tuscany, on an Etruscan-fortified hill; destroyed around 1447 by Alfonso of Aragon, excavated 2000-2010.

Torre di Mercurio

Torre di Mercurio (Tower of Mercury), Tower XI of Pompeii's city walls at the end of Via di Mercurio in Regio VI. A 13-meter opus incertum tower of the early 1st century BC, restored and reopened 23 December 2022.

Torre di Palidoro

Torre di Palidoro (Torre Perla), a coastal watchtower in Fiumicino near Rome on the via Aurelia, built on Roman villa ruins, restored 1562-1563, and the site of Salvo D'Acquisto's 1943 execution; reopened as a Carabinieri museum in 2020.

Torre Glòries

Torre Glòries, formerly the Torre Agbar, is a 144.4 m office skyscraper in Barcelona designed by Jean Nouvel, built for the city's water company and completed in 2004.

Torre Picasso

Torre Picasso (Picasso Tower) is a 157-meter, 43-floor office skyscraper in the AZCA business district of Madrid, Spain, designed by World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1988.

Torre PwC

Torre PwC is a 236-meter skyscraper in Madrid, formerly the Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, the third tallest in Madrid and one of four towers in the Cuatro Torres Business Area.

Torre Reforma

Torre Reforma is a 246-meter, 57-story office skyscraper on Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, completed in 2016 and designed by architect L. Benjamín Romano.

Torre Spaccata

Torre Spaccata, Rome: eastern Roman quarter named for a ruined medieval tower on a 2nd-century Roman sepulcher; INA-Casa district (1960), 50-60 ha Pratone green area, and excavated valley with Neolithic to medieval finds.

Torreal

Torreal is a Madrid-based, family-owned investment firm founded by Juan Abelló in 1990, which deploys permanent family capital as majority or minority equity in private and public companies worldwide.

Torrefaction

Torrefaction is a thermal pretreatment that heats biomass to 200–300 °C in an oxygen-free atmosphere, producing a coal-like fuel called biocoal for co-firing and gasification.

Torrefied biomass

Torrefied biomass, or bio-coal, is a solid biofuel made by heating wood or agricultural residue to 200–300 °C in an inert atmosphere so it burns like coal.

Torrei Hart

Torrei Hart (born 1978, Philadelphia) is an American actress, comedian, producer, and TV personality, ex-wife of Kevin Hart; known for Turnt, Super Turnt, Atlanta Exes, Heavenly Hart Haircare, and the Brutally Honest podcast.

Torrejón de Ardoz

Torrejón de Ardoz, a municipality of 143,526 people (2025) in the Corredor del Henares, east of Madrid; a 16th-century Villa transformed by the US air base and industry, governed by PP mayor Alejandro Navarro Prieto.

Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels

The Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels is a 1977 IMO treaty, adopted in Torremolinos, Spain, setting safety standards for fishing vessels of 24 meters and over.

Torrens

Torrens refers to two South Australian water features named for Sir Robert Torrens: the River Torrens, flowing through Adelaide, and Lake Torrens, a large episodic salt lake to the north.

Torrens Parade Ground

Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide: State Heritage Place with 1936 Torrens Training Depot (Drill Hall) in Red Gum Park/Karrawirra (Park 12); former Government Quarry, military mustering point since 1893, returned to SA Government in 2001.

Torrens title

Torrens title: land title system created by South Australia's Real Property Act 1858, named for Robert Richard Torrens; ownership passes by registration on a state-guaranteed public register, with indefeasible titles, not by deeds.

Torrent (Elden Ring)

Torrent is the player's spectral steed in the 2022 action role-playing game Elden Ring, given by Melina early on and summoned to traverse the Lands Between.