Iriški Venac Tower

The Iriški Venac Tower (Serbian: Кула Иришки венац, romanized: Kula Iriški venac, lit. "Irish Wreath Tower"; pronounced [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.

Iriški Venac Tower
Кула Иришки венац Kula Iriški venac
The Iriški Venac Tower with partial damage.
General information
Status	Defunct / Partially damaged
Location	Iriški Venac, Fruška Gora, Novi Sad, Serbia
Coordinates	45.158414°N 19.861840°E / 45.158414; 19.861840
Completed	1975
Closed	1999 (destroyed)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Gliša Stajić

History

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.^[2]