The Kamzík TV Tower is a tall television transmission tower in the
Koliba
Koliba is the name of a locality in Bratislava, Slovakia, which is situated on the foothills of the Little Carpathians. It administratively belongs to the Nové Mesto borough and is part of the Bratislava Forest Park
Bratislava (, also ; ...
area of
Bratislava, the capital of
Slovakia
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. The tower sits above
sea level
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on the Kamzík hill, part of the
Little Carpathians
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, overlooking much of the city. The tower lies within the territory of the
Bratislava Forest Park
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. It was constructed in 1975, replacing a previous transmission tower. The tower was designed by architects
Stanislav Májek,
Jakub Tomašák,
Juraj Kozák,
Milan Jurica and
Ján Privitzer.
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The tower has a public observation deck. In conditions of good visibility, Austria
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, Hungary
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and the Czech Republic
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are visible from the tower.
Restaurant
The VEŽA restaurant closed in May 2010 due to a lack of customers. The restaurant's chefs and staff moved to the West Restaurant at the Best Western West Hotel about down the tower approach road.
In 2011, a new restaurant named Altitude opened with an updated interior, serving Mediterranean cuisine. The restaurant is divided into an observation cafe bar, another restaurant, Brasseria, on one floor and the main restaurant on the floor below with rotating tables which provide a 360-degree panoramic view.
FM radio
Television
* DVB-T
See also
*List of towers
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting' ...
References
External links
Kamzík TV Tower at skyscraperpage.com
Kamzík TV Tower images at flickr
* http://www.solideurope.sk/TV_stanice.htm
* http://www.radia.sk/vysielace/4_bratislava-kamzik.html
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Towers completed in 1975
Observation towers in Slovakia
Transmitter sites in Slovakia
Buildings and structures in Bratislava
Towers with revolving restaurants
Restaurants in Slovakia
Radio masts and towers in Europe
Observation towers