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Sierra de Bernia

Sierra de Bernia 1 and 2 are two residential towers of 26 floors in the district around the courts, north of the Cibeles towers. According to SkyDB they were finished in 2004 and 2005.

Benidorm skyline drawn from building data: heights to scale, west to east Poniente Levante TM Tower · 230 m Intempo · 187.1 m Gran Hotel Bali · 186 m Gran Delfín · 158 m Torre Lúgano · 158 m Sunset Sailors Tower 1 · 151 m Neguri Gane · 148 m Edificio Kronos · 140 m Benidorm Beach · 126 m Edificio Don Jorge · 124 m El Mirador del Mediterráneo · 123 m Torre Levante · 120 m Costa Blanca I · 116 m Miragolf Playa 2 · 115 m Gemelos 26 Torre I · 114 m Gemelos 26 Torre II · 114 m Torre d'Oboe I · 114 m Torre d'Oboe II · 114 m Sunset Sailors Tower 2 · 113 m Sol de Poniente 2 · 112 m Beni Beach · 110 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 2 · 106.2 m Miragolf Playa I · 105 m Playa Azul · 105 m Torre Pinar · 105 m Residencial Islamar 2 · 104 m Residencial Islamar 3 · 104 m Torre Poseidón · 103 m Sunset Waves I · 101.5 m Sunset Waves II · 101.5 m Hotel Port Benidorm · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 1 · 101 m Las Terrazas de Benidorm 2 · 101 m Torre Doscalas · 100.4 m Gemelos 22 Torre 1 · 100.2 m Gemelos 22 Torre 2 · 100.2 m Coblanca 41 · 97 m Delfín Tower · 95 m Hotel Flamingo Oasis · 95 m Gemelos 20 Torre 1 · 94 m Gemelos 20 Torre 2 · 94 m Torre Coblanca · 94 m Sol de Poniente 1 · 92.7 m Tropic-Mar · 92.6 m Edificio Ónice · 92 m Sunset Drive East · 92 m Sunset Drive West · 92 m Londres II · 91 m Torre Sakura · 91 m Costa Blanca II · 90 m Coblanca 40 Torre 1 · 89.3 m Coblanca 40 Torre 2 · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm · 89.3 m Hotel Meliá Benidorm Torre 2 · 89.3 m Principado Marina · 89.3 m Edificio Circo · 89.2 m Torre Benidorm · 89 m Cibeles 1 · 88 m Cibeles 2 · 88 m Sunset Cliffs Torre 1 · 86.7 m Balcón de Poniente 1 · 86 m Balcón de Poniente 2 · 86 m Coblanca 37 · 86 m Eagle Tower · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 1 · 86 m Edificio El Olivar 2 · 86 m Sierra de Bernia 1 · 85.9 m Sierra de Bernia 2 · 85.9 m Torre Capri · 85.9 m Torre San Remo · 85.9 m Gemelos 12 Torre 1 · 85 m Gemelos 12 Torre 2 · 85 m Las Damas · 85 m Sandos Benidorm Suites · 83 m Residencial Miranda 1 · 82.6 m Residencial Miranda 2 · 82.6 m Hotel RH Victoria · 82 m Parque Europa 1 · 82 m Parque Europa 2 · 82 m Parque Europa 3 · 82 m Torre Europa · 82 m Coblanca 32 B · 81.1 m Old town

The story

The two towers are 85.9 metres tall and have 26 floors each. In the list of tallest buildings in Benidorm they share 60th place. They stand north of Avenida de Europa, in the zone around the new court buildings, where several high-rises went up in the early 2000s. The database SkyDB dates Tower 1 to 2004 and Tower 2 to 2005; the Wikipedia list gives 2005 for both. They were probably finished one after the other.

The name

The Sierra de Bernia is the mountain range that bounds the horizon north of Benidorm: eleven kilometres long, up to 1,128 metres high, between Altea, Callosa d'en Sarrià, Benissa and Jalón. From the old fort at 803 metres you can see as far as the Benidorm coast on a clear day. That the towers are named after the mountain is the obvious conclusion; there is no source that says so expressly.

Who built and designed the towers is not documented. It is striking that Torre Capri, Torre San Remo and Sierra de Bernia carry exactly the same values in the list: 85.9 metres, 26 floors, 2005. Whether the same developer is behind them or merely the same estimating formula of the old Emporis database remains open.

Good to know

  • Two towers, 85.9 metres and 26 floors each.
  • Completed in 2004 (Tower 1) and 2005 (Tower 2) according to SkyDB.
  • Juzgados/Avenida Europa zone, north of the Cibeles towers.

Open questions

  • Year of construction of Tower 1: 2004 (SkyDB) or 2005 (Emporis/Wikipedia)?
  • Developer, architect, contractor and address are not documented.
  • Same values as Torre Capri and Torre San Remo – coincidence, estimate or the same developer?

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