Petřín Tower

The Petřín Lookout Tower is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Hill in , built in 1891. It resembles the and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today, the tower is a major tourist attraction.
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  • Type: Observation point
  • Description: tower in Prague
  • Also known as: “Petřín Lookout Tower” and “Petrinska rozhledna”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Petřín and Mirror Maze on Petřín Hill.

Peak
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is a hill in the centre of , . It rises 327 m above sea level and some 130 m above the left bank of the Vltava River. The hill, almost entirely covered with , is a favorite recreational area for the inhabitants of Prague.

Maze
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle and Lesser Town and West bank of Vltava.

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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

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The West of is to the west of the Castle district.

Suburb
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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

Petřín Tower

Latitude
50.0835° or 50° 5′ 1″ north
Longitude
14.39507° or 14° 23′ 42″ east
Elevation
330 metres (1,083 feet)
Open location code
9F2P39MW+C2
Geo­Names ID
7283874
Wiki­data ID
Q12256
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Satellite Map

Discover Petřín Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Petřín Tower” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kulla e Petřínit”
  • Arabic: “برج بترين”
  • Armenian: “Պետրշինի աշտարակ”
  • Basque: “Petřínská rozhledna”
  • Belarusian: “Петршынская вежа”
  • Chinese: “佩特任瞭望塔”
  • Czech: “Petřínská rozhledna”
  • Dutch: “Petrin-uitkijktoren”
  • Dutch: “Petřín-uitkijktoren”
  • Estonian: “Petříni vaatetorn”
  • French: “tour de Petřín”
  • French: “Tour de Petřín”
  • German: “Aussichtsturm Laurenziberg”
  • German: “Aussichtsturm Petrin”
  • German: “Aussichtsturm Petrín”
  • German: “Aussichtsturm Petřín”
  • German: “Petřín-Aussichtsturm”
  • German: “Petrinska Rozhledna”
  • German: “Petřínská rozhledna”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל התצפית פטרין”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל פטרין”
  • Italian: “torre di Petřín”
  • Italian: “torre panoramica di Petřín”
  • Italian: “Torre panoramica di Petřín”
  • Italian: “torre Petřín”
  • Japanese: “ペトシーン展望タワー”
  • Korean: “페트르진 타워”
  • Polish: “Petřínská rozhledna”
  • Polish: “Wieża Petrińska”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Petřín”
  • Russian: “Петршинская башня”
  • Serbian: “Торањ Петрин”
  • Slovak: “Petřínska rozhľadňa”
  • Spanish: “Petřínská rozhledna”
  • Spanish: “Torre de observación de Petřín”
  • Ukrainian: “Петршинська вежа”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Petřín”

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