- Rousse TV Tower
The Rousse TV Tower is a 204-meter high
TV tower built of reinforced concrete atRousse ,Bulgaria . Originally, the structure was constructed as a 206-meter-high TV tower with a cafe/restaurant on top and was the tallest one on theBalkan peninsula until2001 [In 2001, theEndem TV Tower was built in the European part ofIstanbul ,Turkey .] . In the 1990s an additional antenna was added bringing the height to 210 meters. And, in March 2007, the antenna was reconstructed bringing its height to 204 meters.The Rousse TV Tower was built on the
Leventa hill, a.k.a. Sarabair, in1986 and was launched on7 May 1987 (under communist rule). Authors of the project were Stilyan Titkov, Evlogi Tsvetkov, Ivan Yantahtov and V. Vasilev. The newly-built tower started broadcasting bothBulgarian Television andSoviet Television , as well as the three stations ofBulgarian National Radio — "Horizon", "Hristo Botev", and "Orpheus" ( _bg. Хоризонт, Христо Ботев и Орфей). Higher frequencies were coming into use during the following years, and the process of shutting down old transmitters was completed on15 Aug 2004 .The tower has an observation deck open for tourists at a height of 107 meters, which offers an excellent panoramic view of Rousse, the
Danube river, the neighboring city ofGiurgiu ,Romania , and as far as theCarpathian Mountains .Notes
See also
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List of towers
*List of tallest structures in Bulgaria External links
* [http://predavatel.com/bg/7/rus.htm#rrts Pictures and description in Bulgarian]
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b19983,881 Comparison of the Rousse and Endem TV towers]
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b19983,19615,8478 Comparison of TV towers in Bulgaria]
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