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Riga Radio and TV Tower

Latgale Suburb, Latvia

The 23rd tallest tower in the world

368.5 m · 1,209 ft

The Riga Radio and TV Tower (Latvian: Rīgas radio un televīzijas tornis) in Riga, Latvia is the tallest tower in the European Union. It is operated by the Latvian State Radio and Television Centre (LVRTC). It was built between 1979 and 1989 with funding from the central government of the Soviet Union. Its highest point reaches 368.5 metres (1, 209 ft),† which makes it the third tallest tower in Europe (after the Ostankino Tower at 540 metres (1, 770 ft) and the Kyiv TV Tower at 385 metres (1, 263 ft)) and the 15th tallest self-supporting tower in the world.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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