Status Complete Architectural style knitted steel tubes Construction started 13 January 2015 Opened 2 September 2015 Cost 1.8 million EUR | Type Observation Location Lendavske gorice Completed 15–25 July 2015 Phone +386 1 200 98 83 | |
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Vinarium Tower (Slovene: Stolp Vinarium; Vinarium Lendava, Panonnian Basin Lighthouse or Prekmurje Eiffel Tower) is a Slovenian steel construction 53.5 m (176 ft) tall observation tower in Dolgovaške Gorice, a village in the middle Lendavske gorice region above Lendava. It stands at 302 m (991 ft) above sea level near Hungarian border. Architects are Oskar Virag and Iztok Rajšter from architectural office Vires. This is the highest observation tower in Slovenia. Tower was officially opened on 2 September 2015. Tower allows view in four different countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Austria and Croatia. They expect 30,000–50,000 visitors per year.
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Construction
Construction was commenced on 13 January 2015 and finished between 15–25 July 2015. SGP Pomgrad company was the main contractor, Nafta strojna company responsible for steel constructions and Mobitex company for producing steel construction as part of GOI works. Atrij company from Odranci was the supervisor.
Tower costed almost €1.8 million, about 950,000 euros came from EU development funds and the rest of the financial sources were contributed by Municipality of Lendava, the formal owner of the building.