Ládví-Vlková observation tower, Observation tower in Kamenice, Czech Republic.
The Ládví-Vlková observation tower near Kamenice is a 45-metre steel tube mast carrying a mobile operator's antenna, with an external spiral staircase of 150 steps leading to a viewing platform at 25 metres. A waterworks building stands at its base, and the forested peak of Vlková blocks the view to the west.
The tower was built as a mobile operator's transmitter mast, completed in 2009, originally without a viewing platform. When approving the project, the municipality of Kamenice required that the mast also serve as an observation tower, and it opened to the public two years later, in 2011.
The tower is named after the villages of Ládví and Ládeves, near which it stands. It is a steel mast of a mobile operator's transmitter, and the municipality of Kamenice made its approval conditional on the mast also serving as a lookout tower. Visitors climb 150 steps on the outer spiral staircase to the platform.
The tower stands about 100 m from the village of Ládví and 1 km from the "Kamenice, Ládví" PID bus stop; it can be reached on foot or by car along the road towards Ládeves. It is open daily in favourable weather and entry is free. The platform at 25 m is reached by 150 steps on an outer spiral staircase.
The tower doubles as a mobile operator's transmitter; it originally had no viewing platform. The municipality of Kamenice made the platform a condition when approving the project. The mast was finished in 2009 and the lookout opened two years later.
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