Vilnius TV tower
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Vilnius TV tower
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 Lithuania , Vilnius , Karoliniškės
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| District: | Vilnius | ||||
| Country: | Lithuania | ||||
| Altitude : | 170 m | ||||
| Coordinates: 54 ° 41 ′ 13.6 ″ N , 25 ° 12 ′ 53.2 ″ E | |||||
| Use: | TV tower , restaurant, observation tower | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1974-1980 | ||||
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| Total height : | 326.47 m | ||||
| Viewing platform: | 165 m | ||||
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| Engineer: | K. Balenas | ||||
| Opening: | December 30, 1980 | ||||
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The Vilnius TV tower (lit .: Televizijos bokstas ) is a 326.47 meter high transmission tower for broadcasting VHF and TV programs in Vilnius , the Lithuanian capital. The Vilnius TV tower has a viewing platform open to the public at a height of 165 meters and is approx. 3 km west of the city center. Construction of the reinforced concrete tower began in 1974 and was opened on December 30, 1980. For Christmas, the tower has been decorated as a "Christmas tree" with over 25,000 light bulbs in recent years.
During the breakaway of the Baltic republics from the Soviet Union , the Vilnius TV tower became the scene of bloody clashes. On January 13, 1991 ( Vilnius Blood Sunday ), Soviet tanks rolled into Vilnius and wanted to occupy the television tower as well as the parliament. Several civilians who formed a human chain around the tower were run over by the tanks. A memorial was erected in their honor at the foot of the tower. Their graves are in the Antakalnis cemetery .
See also
literature
- Friedrich von Borries , Matthias Böttger, Florian Heilmeyer: TV Towers - television towers, 8,559 meters in politics and architecture , JOVIS Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-86859-024-1 , pages 126-135.
