Benalmádena Stupa is a stupa in Benalmádena, Málaga in the Andalusian region of southern Spain, overlooking Costa del Sol. It is 33 m (108 ft) high and is the tallest stupa in Europe. It was inaugurated on 5 October 2003, and was the final project of Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche.

In Buddhism, a stupa is a monument that represents peace, prosperity, and harmony, as well as being a place for meditation. Benalmádena Stupa (Chan Chub Chorten in Tibetan) symbolizes Buddha's enlightenment, the realization of the nature of the mind, and is one of the eight different forms in which stupas are built.

Whereas stupas are typically sealed structures, the Benalmádena Stupa is unusual because it has a 100-square-metre meditation room and a room for exhibitions on Tibetan Buddhism and Himalayan culture inside the structure. The walls of the meditation room are painted with the life story of the historical Buddha Sakyamuni.

The Benalmádena stupa was designed to be the largest Buddhist stupa in the western world. The story behind the stupa goes back to 1990 when a Buddhist master came to Spain to give talks to the faithful in Vélez-Málaga. In Vélez, there is a Buddhist meditation center. Four years later, Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche decided to return to Spain and build a stupa in Vélez Málaga, where he had given his talks.

At some point, Rinpoche met the mayor of Benalmádena, Enrique Bolín, and shared with him his idea of building the largest stupa in the western world, right in Benalmádena. In the year 2003, the building was finished and inaugurated in a fine ceremony featuring monks dancing in traditional dress. Now the building stands as a symbol of world peace, perched high in the hills above the Benalmádena coast.

The stupa is open to the public. There is a small shop where visitors can review literature on Buddhism and purchase traditional Himalayan artifacts and ceramics.

According to andalucia.com