Žižkov Television Tower, Prague, & Views Over Prague, Czech Republic - 14th October, 2013
This film features footage of, within and from the Žižkov Television Tower, which is located just outside of the city centre of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic in the suburb of Žižkov. The tower is a unique transmitter built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. It stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill. The tower is an example of high-tech architecture.
The tower is 216 metres high, and has a number of pods, some of which are for technical purposes as a TV transmitter, and some of which are for public / corporate use as observation decks and a bar. The outside of the tower is decorated with black crawling babies, designed as an art installation by Czech artist David Černy.
This film predominantly features views over the Prague skyline on a late Summer afternoon. Visibility is reasonable, although a little misty in places. This is a great attraction in Prague and worth a visit if you are going to the City. You will find it much less busy than many of Prague's attractions.
Žižkov TV Tower and David Černý Babies - Prague
The Žižkov TV Tower is the tallest structure in the Czech Republic, towering 216 metres above the city of Prague. It was once voted the second ugliest building in the world. Video features photographs of the tower including the cute David Černý Babies, the views from the 93m observation level, plus some general video clips from our visit in July 2016.
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Prague, Czech Republic - Žižkov Television Tower HD (2013)
The Žižkov Television Tower (Czech: Žižkovský vysílač) is a unique transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. Designed by the architect Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák, it stands high above the city's traditional skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Žižkov, from which it takes its name. The tower is an example of high-tech architecture.
Žižkov Television Tower. Prague.
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The structure of the tower is unconventional, based on a triangle whose corners are growing up in steel columns, consisting of three tubes with a double steel wall, filled with concrete. They support nine 'pods' and three decks for transmitting equipment. One of the three pillars extends considerably higher than the others, and this provides both the necessary height for some antennas, along with the structure's rocket and gantry appearance. In its time it was a unique technology, which authors have patented. In total, the tower stands 216 metres (709 feet) high.
Like many examples of communist-era architecture in Central and Eastern Europe, the TV tower used to be generally resented by the local inhabitants. It also received a spate of nicknames, mostly alluding to its rocket-like shape, e.g. Baikonur after Soviet cosmodrome, Pershing after the US IRBM, some more political, like Jakešův prst (Jakeš's finger, after the Secretary General of the Czechoslovak Communist Party), etc. Although official criticism during the time of its construction was impossible, unofficially the tower was lambasted for its 'megalomania', its 'jarring' effect on the Prague skyline, and for destroying part of a centuries-old Jewish cemetery situated near the tower's foundations. However, the official line remains that the cemetery was moved some time before the tower was conceived. Recently, the tower's reputation among Czechs has improved.
David Černý sculptures
In 2000, sculptures by Czech artist David Černý of babies crawling up and down were temporarily attached to the tower's pillars. The sculptures were admired by many and were returned in 2001 as a permanent installation.
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Love it or hate it, but the Zizkov TV Tower is now very much part of the Prague skyline. This often despised symbol of the past Communist regime is now a tourist attraction, aided by the special sculptures attached to it.
Prague Old Town Hall Tower, & Views Over Prague, Czech Republic - 13th October, 2013
This video is taken at one of Prague's most popular tourist attractions, the Old Town Tower, located in the Old Town Sqaure. The film begins with a view of the Astronomical Clock and the tower, before the trip up the glass elevator inside the tower, the majority of the film features views from the balcony at the top of the tower over the City of Prague and its suburbs.
Žížkov Television Tower, Prague, Czech Republic - 15th December, 2012
The Žižkov Television Tower is a broadcasting transmitter tower built in Prague between 1985 and 1992. It was designed by the architect Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák, and stands above the city's skyline from its position on top of a hill in the district of Žižkov, from which it takes its name. The Tower is the tallest structure in Prague.
The structure of the tower is unconventional, consisting of three concrete pillars with a metallic finish which support nine 'pods' and three decks for transmitting equipment. One of the three pillars extends considerably higher than the others, and this provides both the necessary height for some antennas, along with the structure's rocket and gantry appearance. In total, the tower stands 216 metres (709 feet) high.
Three of the pods, positioned directly beneath the decks at the top of the tower, are used for equipment related to the tower's primary function and are inaccessible to the public. The remaining six pods are open to visitors, the highest of which are observation rooms at 100 metres (328 feet), providing a panoramic view of Prague and the surrounding area. The lower three, approximately half-way up the length of the pillars at 63 metres (207 feet), house a recently refurbished restaurant and café bar. Elevators, equipped with speedometers, transport passengers to the different levels at a rate of 4 m/s. The tower weighs 11,800 tons and is also used as a meteorological observatory. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
The outside of the tower is decorated with crawling baby sculptures, designed by Czech artist and sculptor David Černý.
This video features views of the tower, as well as views from one of the tower's pods. Only one pod was open on the day of the visit due to the others being booked out for a conference.
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Zizkovska vez - ROCKET - Prague TV Tower
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scenic views of Prague from Zizkov Television Tower (Communist Tower), Prague, CZ
This shows some of the amazing views of the city of Prague, CZ one can get from the Zizkov TV Tower in Prague which is commonly referred to as the Communist Tower. I am taking these scenic shots while on a Viking Cruises Prague by Night optional tour. One of the first stops on the tour was this tower.
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Zizkov TV Tower in Prague
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Czech Republic, Prague, walking from Jiřího z Poděbrad metro station to Žižkov Television Tower
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