Svatý Kopeček, Observation tower in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Svatý Kopeček is an observation tower with a triangular floor plan, built in 1972–1974 to the design of architect Jan Navrátil and opened in 1975 in the grounds of Olomouc Zoo. Its viewing platform stands 27 m above the ground, and a restaurant sits directly beneath the tower.

The tower was designed by architect Jan Navrátil and built between 1972 and 1974 on the site once called Orlí vrch; it opened in 1975. It is one of the few lookout structures erected under the communist regime, alongside Babí lom and Varhošť. A general repair in 2000 removed its sheet-metal cladding and gave the tower a new coat of paint.

The tower is named after the nearby pilgrimage site of Svatý Kopeček with its Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, and it stands on the spot once called Orlí vrch (Eagle Hill). Visitors reach the viewing platform during zoo opening hours, and the tower is usually closed over winter.

The tower is open during the zoo's opening hours and is usually closed over winter. Reach it by car from Olomouc to Svatý Kopeček, where a large car park serves the zoo, by bus line 11, or by bike on cycle route 5 to Bystrovany and then route 6103. Marked trails arrive from Dolany (blue) and Hlubočky (blue) or Radíkov (yellow), and a 7 km educational trail leads to Svatý Kopeček.

The tower stands on what was formerly called Orlí vrch (Eagle Hill), and its triangular plan makes it one of the few lookout towers built in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s, alongside Babí lom and Varhošť. Its metal cladding was removed in the 2000 renovation.