Petřín Tower
The Petřín Lookout Tower is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Petřín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today the tower is a major tourist attraction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Observation point
- Description: tower in Prague
- Also known as: “Petřín Lookout Tower” and “Petrinska rozhledna”
Photo: Till Schneider, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Petřín and Mirror Maze on Petřín Hill.
Petřín
Peak
Photo: Ludek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petřín is a hill in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic. 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 parks, is a favorite recreational area for the inhabitants of Prague.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle and Lesser Town and West bank of Vltava.
Castle and Lesser Town
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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of Prague is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of Prague is the lower area on the left bank.
West bank of Vltava
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The West of Prague is to the west of the Castle district.
Malá Strana
Suburb
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of Prague is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of Prague is the lower area on the left bank.
Petřín Tower
- Categories: observation tower, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Praha 1, Prague 1, Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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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