The Baku TV Tower ( az, Televiziya Qülləsi), built in 1996, is a free standing concrete telecommunications tower in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. With a height of 310 metres (1017 ft or 480 meters from Caspian sea level), it is the tallest structure in Azerbaijan and the tallest reinforced concrete building in

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. The tower has become one of the most prominent landmarks of Baku, often in the

establishing shot An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes, the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects. It is generally a long or extreme-long shot at the beginning of ...

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s set in the city.

History

The TV tower was designed on the basis of the decision of the

Council of Ministers of the USSR The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...

after the order from the Ministry of Communications of Azerbaijan State Institute of the

Ministry of Communications of the USSR The Ministry of Communications of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (russian: Министерство связи СССР) was the central state administration body on communications in the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1991. During its ...

. Construction work began in 1979 and according to the project construction plan it should have been completed in 1985. After the return of

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azer ...

to power in 1993, the construction of the tower was continued, and in 1996 with his participation, the official opening ceremony of the complex was carried. A rotating restaurant on the 62nd floor (175 metres) of Azeri TV Tower was opened in 2008.Ильхам Алиев осмотрел комплекс телебашни производственного объединения Телерадио Минсвязи и информационных технологий

Appearance

Occasionally, Baku TV Tower's lighting is changed to specific, unique arrangements for special events. Some annual events are cause for the tower to be specially lit. Such as alternating sections of the tower were lit to blue, red and green like in traditional

Azerbaijani flag The national flag of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan bayrağı), often referred to in Azerbaijani as ( en, Tricolour flag), is a horizontal tricolour that features three equally sized bars of bright blue, red, and green; a white crescent; and a ...

to help celebrate the national holidays. The tower has also had a variety of special lighting arrangements for New Year since 2004.

References

External links

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