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Kékestető TV Tower

Kékestető TV Tower
Kékes TV-torony
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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 / 47.87278; 20.00917 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.



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