Iriški Venac Tower | |
Native Name: | Кула Иришки венац Kula Iriški venac |
Native Name Lang: | srp |
Location: | Iriški Venac, Fruška Gora, Novi Sad, Serbia |
Coordinates: | 45.093°N 19.5143°W |
Status: | Defunct / Partially damaged |
Completion Date: | 1975 |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Architect: | Gliša Stajić |
Closing Date: | 1999 |
Unit Count: | --> |
The Iriški Venac Tower (Serbian: Кула Иришки венац|Kula Iriški venac, lit. "Irish Wreath Tower"; pronounced as /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.
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.