Description Built for the 1891 General Land Centennial Exhibition.
In 1889, members of The Club of Czech Tourists visited world exposition in Paris and got inspired by the Eiffel Tower. Money was collected to built it in only 4 months in 1891. While the design was inspired by that of the Eiffel Tower it's actually not a re-built of that, with a cople of differences:
- It has an octagonal and not a square cross section over its whole height.
- It does not stand, as does the Eiffel Tower, on four columns of lattice steel.
• Its design resembles more the Observation Tower Height of Goetzingen near Neustadt/Saxonia, although the whole area under its legs is covered with the entrance hall. the resemblance with Tour Eiffel is the two observation platforms are accessible via lifts and stairs, with two sets of stairs, one for ascending and one for descending, running around the inside of the structure.
• In 1953 on Petrínská rozhledna a TV broadcasting antenna was installed, whereby the program fed was performed by a directional radio antenna, maybe why Emporis consider 4m more.
• In 1999, the tower was completely renovated.
• There is a gift shop and a small cafeteria on the main level. On the lowest level is a small museum of Jára Cimrman.
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