Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower

The TV Tower Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისის ტელეანძა ) is a 274.5 -meter-high free-standing television tower in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. He stands on the hill on the right bank of the Kura Mtazminda and is called in Tbilisi Ansa.

The TV Tower Tbilisi was built in 1972. It is a steel tube construction, reminiscent of a big Tripod. About halfway up there is a multistorey flat, in this technical center is housed. On the main pipe sits above a two-storey tower basket. In 2004 a fire destroyed the internals, he has since been under reconstruction. In 2005, the tower with a light game of a network was provided from multi-colored light-emitting elements, rapidly changing showing different lighting designs. This causes the tower in the dark has become widely visible and to a kind of symbol of the city.

The television tower radiates from TV and radio programs. In addition, investments are mounted for mobile telephony. Operator of the tower is the company Telecenter of Georgia, founded in 1955.

At the foot of the tower early 2009 an amusement park, the Mtatsminda Park, has been greatly expanded and reopened modernized.