Borisova Gradina TV Tower
The Borisova Gradina TV Tower, or the Old TV Tower, is a 106-metre-tall TV tower in the garden Borisova gradina in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is known as the tower used for the first Bulgarian National Television broadcasts in 1959.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: tower
- Also known as: “Sofia TV Tower”, “Радиорелейна и телевизионна станция „София“”, and “РРТС София”
- Address: бул. Драган Цанков 2
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bulgarian Army Stadium and Vasil Levski National Stadium.
Bulgarian Army Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wiöldcard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stadion Balgarska Armia is a stadium of the Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia. It is situated in the Borisova gradina in the centre of Sofia. Until 2024 the stadium had four sectors and a total of 22,995 seats, of which 2,100 are covered; the pitch length was 106 meters and the width was 66 meters. Bulgarian Army Stadium is situated 1 km north of Borisova Gradina TV Tower.
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Stadium
Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasil Levski National Stadium, named after Bulgarian national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski, is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of Sofia, on the territory of the city's oldest and most famous park - the Borisova gradina. Vasil Levski National Stadium is situated 1¼ km northwest of Borisova Gradina TV Tower.
Sofia Theological Seminary
University
The Sofia Seminary of St John of Rila, located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is the main seminary of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and an ecclesiastical institution of high education. Sofia Theological Seminary is situated 520 metres southwest of Borisova Gradina TV Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yavorov and Yuzhen park.
Yuzhen park
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yuzhen park is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km west of Borisova Gradina TV Tower.
Ivan Vazov
Suburb
Photo: Marcian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ivan Vazov is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of Borisova Gradina TV Tower.
Borisova Gradina TV Tower
- Categories: transmitter mast and building
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-grad, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.67676° or 42° 40′ 36″ northLongitude
23.34172° or 23° 20′ 30″ eastElevation
608 metres (1,995 feet)Inception
December 26th, 1959Levels
2Height
106 metres (348 feet)Open location code
8GJ5M8GR+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 159638612OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to German—“Borisova Gradina TV Tower” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Тв кула София”
- Bulgarian: “ТВ кула София”
- Bulgarian: “Телевизионна кула София”
- German: “Alter Fernsehturm Sofia”
- German: “Alter Fernsehturm”
- German: “Fernsehturm Borissowa gradina”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Borisova Gradina TV Tower”. Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.