Status Complete Completed 2012 Height 120 m Construction started 2009 Architect Oscar Niemeyer | Location Sobradinho, DF, Brazil Antenna spire 180 m (590.6 ft) Opened 2012 Floor count 62 | |
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Alternative names Flor do Cerrado (Savannah Flower) Type observation, telecommunications, attraction, restaurant Address Digital TV Tower - -001 - Lago Norte, DF, Brazil Similar Brasilia TV Tower, Memorial JK, National Museum, Juscelino Kubitschek bridge, Catetinho | ||
The Brasilia Digital TV Tower (Portuguese: Torre de TV Digital de BrasÃlia), also known as cerrado flower, is a broadcast tower which made digital television signal available for the whole Federal District and surroundings. Despite having been initially planned to open to the public on April 21, 2010, as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the City of BrasÃlia, the tower was only inaugurated two years later on April 21, 2012.
The tower has been projected by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and has cost R$ 75 million.
The tower is 180 meters tall, from which 120 meters correspond to a concrete structure and the rest to the metallic structure of the television antenna. Moreover, two glass observatories complete the structure. The highest one - at 80 meters above the ground - contains a restaurant with a panoramic view. The other one is used as an art gallery.