Kékestető TV Tower | |
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Kékes TV-torony | |
General information | |
Status | In use |
Type | TV tower |
Location | Kékes, Gyöngyös, Heves County, Hungary |
Completed | 1981 |
Height | 176 m |
Design and construction | |
Civil engineer | Út- és Vasúttervező Vállalat (Uvaterv, "Road and Railway Planner Company") |
Main contractor | Magyar Posta (Hungarian Post) |
Coordinates: 47°52′22″N 20°0′33″E / 47.87278°N 20.00917°E Kékestető TV Tower (Hungarian: Kékes TV-torony) is a 176-metre (577 ft) tallmultifunctional transmitter built of reinforced concrete on the 1,014-metre (3,327 ft) high Kékes mountain, Hungary. It is also an observation tower, including a restaurant.
The first 20.4-metre high observation tower was built in 1889 and demolished in 1938. The present-day TV tower was built in 1981.