The Tower

The Tower

The Tower may refer to:

Architecture

*The Tower of London, a castle in London, England, started in 1078
*The Tower (Dubai), a 243 m (796 ft) building in United Arab Emirates, built in 2002
*Al Burj, Arabic for "The Tower", a skyscraper currently under construction in the United Arab Emirates
*"The Tower", colloquial name for the Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin

Literature

*"The Tower" (book), a book of poems by William Butler Yeats, published in 1928
**"The Tower" (poem), by William Butler Yeats
*"The Tower" (novel), a novel by Richard Martin Stern, 1973, adapted into the film "The Towering Inferno"

Music

*"The Tower" (album), by Bob Catley
*"The Tower" (news music), a television news music package for NBC affiliates by 615 Music
*"The Tower" (opera), an American opera by Marvin David Levy presented at the Santa Fe Opera in 1957
*"The Tower", a song on the album Spanish Train and Other Stories by Chris de Burgh
*"The Tower", a song on the album "The Tempest" by Insane Clown Posse
*"The Tower", a song on the album "The Chemical Wedding" by Bruce Dickinson
*"The Tower", a song on the album "The Metal Opera" by Avantasia
*"The Tower", a song on the album "Waking Hour" by Vienna Teng
*"The Tower", theme song for the Channel 4 radio program The Tube, by Freebass

Other

*The Tower (Tarot card), or The Tower (XVI), a Major Arcana card in Tarot
*"The Tower" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode from the television show
*The Japanese name for the computer game "SimTower"
*"The Tower SP", a skyscraper simulation game and spiritual sequel to "SimTower"
*"The Tower (2004 documentary film)", behind the wall look at the Tower of London.
*"The Tower (2007 documentary series)", an observational documentary filmed over three years that charts the urban regeneration of the notoriously troubled Pepys Estate in South London.

ee also

*Tower (disambiguation)
* The Towers (disambiguation)
*lookfrom|The Tower


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