Torre Moeve
Five names, one tower — a 248-metre glass ledger of who has held power in Spanish business.
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Designed by Lord Foster and rising 248.3 m across 45 floors, Torre Moeve is the second tallest building in Spain and the 5th tallest in the EU. Its name has changed with every major corporate tenant — Repsol, Caja Madrid, Bankia, Cepsa, now Moeve — and may change again if the energy company relocates. In 2016, Zara founder Amancio Ortega bought it for €490 million, well below the €815 million Caja Madrid paid for it in 2007.
What to look for
- The Foster silhouette — locals call it Torre Foster after its architect, Lord Foster
- Torre de Cristal directly alongside it, which clears Torre Moeve by less than a metre — effectively the same height
- The current Moeve name on the facade, a placeholder that has already changed four times
Located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in northern Madrid; approach the cluster on foot to read the four towers as a group.
Torre Moeve is one of 31 sights worth the detour in Madrid, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Madrid pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Madrid
- BernabéuThe only stadium on earth to host both a UEFA Champions League final and a Copa Libertadores final — and the first in Europe to crown both a World Cup and a Euro.
- Museo del PradoThe Spanish royal collection — 7,600 paintings accumulated over centuries — opened to the public in November 1819 and never looked back.
- Metropolitano StadiumThe pitch that staged the 2019 Champions League final will host another in 2027 — and is shortlisted for the 2030 World Cup.
- Royal Palace of MadridThe original Alcázar burned to the ground on Christmas Eve 1734 — what the Bourbons built in its place is the largest palace in Western Europe.
- Museo Reina SofíaGuernica — Picasso's 1937 painting of wartime devastation — hangs here at full scale, in person.
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy)A duke's private library meeting in 1711 grew into the institution that still rules what counts as correct Spanish — for Spain and 22 other Spanish-speaking nations.