Avala TV Tower
The Avala Tower is a 204.68 m tall telecommunications tower located on Mount Avala, in Belgrade, Serbia. The original tower was finished in 1965, but was destroyed on 29 April 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Miljan Simonović, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: telecommunication tower outside Belgrade, Serbia
- Also known as: “Avala Tower”, “Avalski toranj”, and “Avalski Toranj”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The church of the St. Despot Stefan Lazarević and Avala.
The church of the St. Despot Stefan Lazarević
Church
Photo: Ванилица, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The church of the St. Despot Stefan Lazarević is situated 130 metres southwest of Avala TV Tower.
Avala
Peak
Photo: Pokrajac, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avala is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides is mostly lowlands.
Monument to the Unknown Hero
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monument to the Unknown Hero is a World War I memorial located atop Mount Avala, south-east of Belgrade, Serbia, and designed by the sculptor Ivan Meštrović. Monument to the Unknown Hero is situated 760 metres south of Avala TV Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beli Potok and Pinosava.
Beli Potok
Town
Photo: Plamen, Public domain.
Beli Potok is a small town and a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.
Pinosava
Town
Photo: Jim Greenhill, CC BY 2.0.
Pinosava is a small town and a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac, on the western slope of the Avala mountain, in the valley of the Topčiderka river, over 15 kilometers south of downtown Belgrade.
Zuce
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs.
Zuce is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac. Zuce is situated 3 km east of Avala TV Tower.
Avala TV Tower
- Category: television tower
- Location: Opština Beograd-Voždovac, Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Avala TV Tower” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Avala qülləsi”
- Basque: “Avala dorrea”
- Bosnian: “Avala toranj”
- Bosnian: “Avalski toranj”
- Bulgarian: “Авалска телевизионна кула”
- Chinese: “阿瓦拉塔”
- Croatian: “Televizijski toranj Avala”
- Czech: “Avalská televizní věž”
- Dutch: “Avala-toren”
- Dutch: “Avalski toranj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج افالا”
- Esperanto: “Televidturo Avala”
- Estonian: “Avala teletorn”
- Finnish: “Avala torni”
- Finnish: “Avala-torni”
- French: “tour d’Avala”
- French: “Tour d’Avala”
- German: “Fernsehturm Avala”
- Hebrew: “מגדל אוואלה”
- Hungarian: “Avalai tévétorony”
- Indonesian: “Menara Avala”
- Japanese: “アヴァラ・テレビ塔”
- Lithuanian: “Avalos televizijos bokštas”
- Macedonian: “Авалска кула”
- Persian: “برج آوالا”
- Polish: “Avala TV Tower”
- Polish: “Avalski toranj”
- Russian: “Авальская телебашня”
- Serbian: “Avalski toranj”
- Serbian: “Авалски ТВ торањ”
- Serbian: “Авалски телевизијски торањ”
- Serbian: “Авалски торањ / Avalski toranj”
- Serbian: “Авалски торањ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Avalski toranj”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Авалски торањ”
- Spanish: “Torre Avala”
- Spanish: “Torre de televisión de Belgrado”
- Swedish: “Avalatornet”
- Swedish: “Avalski toranj”
- Thai: “หอคอยอาวาลา”
- Turkish: “Avala Kulesi”
- Ukrainian: “Авальська телевежа”
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