Rozhledna Sylván, Observation tower in Czechia

Rozhledna Sylván is a steel lattice telecommunications tower on Sylvánský vrch at the northern edge of Plzeň. Its five-part steel structure weighs 44 tonnes and rests on a massive reinforced concrete foundation; white dish antennas and panels are mounted on the grey lattice, whose upper section carries red and white bands. A railed viewing platform stands at 23 metres, above a low pale building with large glass windows.

The tower was built around 2000 as a telecommunications station for T-Mobile and opened to the public in 2003. Since 2006, the municipal district of Plzeň 1 has managed and maintained the structure.

Since 2006 the tower has been run by the students and staff of Gymnázium Františka Křižíka in Plzeň 1, who handle its operation. The name Sylván comes from Sylvánský vrch, the hill on the northern edge of Plzeň where the tower stands.

The viewing platform sits 23 metres up, reached by the tower's steel structure; the tower stands on Sylvánský vrch on the northern edge of Plzeň. Since 2006 the František Křižík Gymnasium has run it for the Plzeň 1 municipal district. Clear days bring the Brdy, Šumava and Český les ranges into view.

The tower's steel five-part structure weighs 44 tonnes and stands on a massive reinforced concrete foundation. Since 2006, Plzeň 1 municipal district has entrusted its operation to the František Křižík Gymnasium, so a school, not a telecom company, runs the viewing platform.