Rousse TV Tower

The Ruse TV Tower is a 204-metre-high TV tower built of reinforced concrete at Ruse, Bulgaria. Originally, the structure was constructed as a 206-metre-high TV tower with a cafe/restaurant on top and was the tallest one on the Balkan Peninsula until 2001.

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Type: Tower
Description: tower
Also known as: “Ruse TV Tower” and “TV Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruse Central Station and Rousse Regional Historical Museum.

Ruse Central Station

Railway station

Photo: Mark Ahsmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruse Central railway station is the main station serving the city and municipality of Ruse, the fifth most populous city in Bulgaria. After the opening of the Danube Bridge in 1954, a new grand Stalinist Central Railway Station was envisioned for the city of Ruse. Ruse Central Station is situated 1 km north of Rousse TV Tower.

Rousse Regional Historical Museum

Museum

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Rousse Regional Historical Museum is one of the 11 regional museums of Bulgaria. It acts within the Rousse, Razgrad, and Silistra regions. The museum occupies the building of the former Battenberg Palace, previously a local court, built 1879–1882 by Friedrich Grünanger. Rousse Regional Historical Museum is situated 2½ km north of Rousse TV Tower.

City Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Getridof, CC0.

Gradski stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Ruse, Bulgaria. It is used for football matches and concerts. It hosts the home games of Dunav Ruse and Lokomotiv Ruse. City Stadium is situated 2½ km north of Rousse TV Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruse and Slobozia.

Ruse

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Ruse is a port city on the Danube in North Bulgaria. It is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the two main river crossings to Romania. It has a rich legacy of fin-de-siècle European architecture that calls back to the time when Ruse was one of the most developed and cosmopolitan cities in Bulgaria.

Slobozia

Village

Slobozia is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Slobozia. The Slobozia Solar Park is situated on the administrative territory of the commune. Slobozia is situated 5 km northwest of Rousse TV Tower.

Basarbovo

Village

Photo: Gigant, Public domain.

Basarbovo is a village in Northeast Bulgaria, in the Municipality of Ruse. As of 2018, the population is 1 416. Basarbovo is situated 5 km south of Rousse TV Tower.

Rousse TV Tower

Categories: transmitter mast and building
Location: Razgrad, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

43.82417° or 43° 49′ 27″ north

Longitude

25.95765° or 25° 57′ 28″ east

Elevation

146 metres (479 feet)

Levels

Height

204 metres (669 feet)

Open location code

8GM7RXF5+M3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 231077697

OpenStreetMap feature

building=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

GeoNames ID

7283909

Wikidata ID

Q1407326

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Rousse TV Tower” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Телевизионна кула Русе”
German: “Fernsehturm Ruse”
German: “Fernsehturm Russe”
Russian: “Телебашня Русе”
Spanish: “Torre de televisión de Ruse”

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