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Iriški Venac Tower

Coordinates: 45°09′30″N 19°51′43″E / 45.158414°N 19.861840°E / 45.158414; 19.861840
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Iriški Venac Tower
Кула Иришки венац
Kula Iriški venac
The Iriški Venac Tower with partial damage.
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General information
StatusDefunct / Partially damaged
LocationIriški Venac, Fruška Gora, Novi Sad, Serbia
Coordinates45°09′30″N 19°51′43″E / 45.158414°N 19.861840°E / 45.158414; 19.861840
Completed1975
Closed1999 (destroyed)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Gliša Stajić

The Iriški Venac Tower (Serbian: Кула Иришки венац, romanizedKula Iriški venac, lit. "Irish Wreath Tower"; pronounced [ǐriʃkiː ʋɛ̌ːnats]) is a 175-metre-tall TV tower built of concrete on Iriški Venac in Fruška Gora near Novi Sad, Serbia. It consists of a 120-metre-tall concrete structure with two baskets on which the 30-metre-long section with FM-antennas has been placed. On the pinnacle there is a 20-metre-long TV antenna.

History

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The tower was built in 1975[1] and its lower basket was partly destroyed during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[2] Sources estimate that the tower was hit by over 50 missiles.[3] The damage was estimated to be at 11.5 million dollars.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Iriški Venac Tower – Nonument". Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. ^ a b "Dogovorili obnovu, pa zaboravili toranj" (in Serbian). 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ^ Niebyl, Donald (2020-06-03). "The Iconic Concrete Transmission Towers of Yugoslavia". spomenikdatabase. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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