Miskolc-Avas TV Tower (in colloquial speech ''Avasi kilátó,'' Avas Lookout Tower) is a tall

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with an observation deck on the

Avas The Avas is a hill of volcanic origin in Miskolc, Hungary. Its top (234 m above sea level, 104 m above the city) is the highest point of Miskolc proper (although other parts, annexed to the city later, lie higher up in the Bükk mountains). On ...

hill in

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

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. The Avas TV Tower was designed by Miklós Hófer and György Vörös, and was built in 1966 in place of a wooden lookout tower. It is commonly regarded as the symbol of the city, even though in the 1990s the bell tower of the Avas church was declared the city's symbol in its place. The first lookout tower which stood in this place was built in 1906. It was a temporary structure built within two weeks, as a sign of respect for

Ferenc II Rákóczi Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist ...

, whose ashes were transported to Kassa (modern-day Kosice) through Miskolc. The tower was decorated with the flag and other insignia of Rákóczi. The first permanent tower was erected in 1934 and was designed by

Bálint Szeghalmy Bálint or Balint is a Hungarian surname derived from Valentinushttps://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=balint. Surname * Alice Balint (born Alice Székely-Kovács) (1898–1939), Hungarian psychoanalyst *András Bálint (born 1943), Hungaria ...

(who also designed the city's wooden church). Like the previous one, it was named Rákóczi Tower. It was damaged by fire in 1943 and almost completely destroyed in December 1956 – according to an urban legend it was shot to pieces by a

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tank during the suppression of the 1956 Revolution.

Sources

* István Dobrossy: Az Avas kilátóinak története. In: A miskolci Avas (ed. István Dobrossy, Miskolc, Herman Ottó Múzeum, 1993.)

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* * https://web.archive.org/web/20110716082756/http://www.dxradio-ffm.de/HNG_Miskolc.jpg * http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b56826 {{Use dmy dates, date=January 2021 Towers in Hungary Buildings and structures in Miskolc

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