Spain. Valencian Community. Oropesa del Mar. The project of Marina d’Or (Ciudad de Vacaciones)) began in the mid-1990s. At first it looked like a traditional tourist urbanization, but in less than 15 years it became a major tourist project. An elderly couple crosses the road in front of a decorative fake Eiffel tower. The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) is a wrought-iron lattice tower. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Oropesa del Mar (Valencian: Orpesa) is a municipality in the comarca of Plana Alta in the Valencian Community. An autonomous community is a first-level political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain. 13.09.2018 © 2018 Didier Ruef