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Vitosha Mountain TV Tower

Sofia, Bulgaria

The 120th tallest tower in the world

186 m · 610 ft

Vitosha Mountain TV Tower, better known as Kopitoto ("The Hoof") after the rock outcrop (1, 348 m or 4, 423 ft) it stands on, is a 186-metre (610 ft) tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, Bulgaria. The footprint of the tower has the shape of a hexagon with three of the sides extended (i.e. almost triangular). From the tower there is a commanding view of Sofia, and the tower can be seen from everywhere in Sofia, making it a landmark of Sofia's skyline. It is the second tallest television tower in Bulgaria.

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

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