El Barco, Alicante
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| address = Carrer Sol Naciente 18{{sfn|El Barco: Emporis}}
| location_town = Albufereta, Alicante
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El Barco (The Ship) is a residential apartment tower in Albufereta, Alicante, Spain. It is formally called Torre Vistamar de la Albufereta, meaning "Albufereta Sea View Tower".{{sfn|El Barco: Emporis}}
El Barco was one of a cluster of buildings erected in the former village of Albufereta for "Pied-Noirs", or residents from France and other European countries, in Francoist Spain.{{sfn|Sempere Souvannavong|1997|p=60}}
It was completed in 1963.{{sfn|El Barco: Structurae}}
The building was designed by Juan Guardiola, inspired by the Pirelli Tower designed by Giò Ponti in Milan.
It takes its common name from its boat-shaped floor plan. El Barco is one of the most distinctive buildings of Alicante.
It has an unusual lattice-work facade protecting the rear wall and windows, which was preserved during renovations completed in 2011.{{sfn|Guardiola Gaya|2012}}
As of 2013 El Barco ranked in height as #370 in Europe and #34 in Spain.{{sfn|El Barco: The Skyscraper Center}}
At {{convert|111|m}} El Barco is the second tallest building in Alicante, after Estudiotel Alicante at {{convert|117|m}}. The third tallest is Gran Sol at {{convert|97|m}}.
In December 2006 the building was effectively isolated from vehicle access when the Sol Naciente access road collapsed,
requiring construction of a new retaining wall along the beach.{{sfn|T.R.|2006}}
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- {{cite web |ref={{harvid|El Barco: Emporis}} |url=http://www.emporis.com/building/elbarco-alacant-spain
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612110906/http://www.emporis.com/building/elbarco-alacant-spain
|url-status=usurped
|archive-date=June 12, 2013
|title=El Barco|work=Emporis|access-date=2013-07-21}}
- {{cite web |ref={{harvid|El Barco: Structurae}} |url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0030312
|title=El Barco|work=Structurae |access-date=2013-07-21}}
- {{cite web
|ref={{harvid|El Barco: The Skyscraper Center}}
|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/alicante/el-barco/
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130721163703/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/alicante/el-barco/
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=July 21, 2013
|title=El Barco
|work=The Skyscraper Center
|access-date=2013-07-21
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- {{cite web
|url = http://racionalismolevantino.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/edificio-vistamar-2/
|first = Juan
|last = Guardiola Gaya
|title = Edificio Vistamar 1 (El Barco)
|date = 22 January 2012
|access-date = 2013-07-21
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120130071950/http://racionalismolevantino.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/edificio-vistamar-2/
|archive-date = 2012-01-30
}}
- {{cite book|last=Sempere Souvannavong|title=Los pieds-noirs en Alicante: las migraciones inducidas por la descolonización
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DiOAAAAMAAJ|access-date=2013-07-21
|year=1997|publisher=Universidad de Alicante|isbn=978-84-7908-392-2|page=60}}
- {{cite journal |url=http://www.lasprovincias.es/prensa/20061223/alicante/vecinos-albufereta-denuncian-aislamiento_20061223.html
|author=T.R. |title=Los vecinos de la Albufereta denuncian el aislamiento por obras de la calle Sol Naciente
|journal=Las Provincias|date=23 December 2006|access-date=2013-07-21}}
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