Iriški_Venac_Tower

Iriški Venac Tower

Iriški Venac Tower

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The Iriški Venac Tower (Serbian: Кула Иришки венац, romanized: Kula 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.

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History

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

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