List of tallest structures in Bulgaria
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An incomplete list of the tallest structures in Bulgaria
. This list contains all types of structures.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. This list contains all types of structures.
| Structure | Year built | Structural type | Region | Pinnacle height (m) | Pinnacle height (ft) | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneys of Maritza East Power Station | 1977/1980 | Chimney | Stara Zagora Province Stara Zagora Province Stara Zagora is a province of south central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country... |
325 m | 1066 ft | Unit 2: 42°15′16.62"N 26°7′54.93"E ; 42°15′13.48"N 26°8′5.28"E Unit 3: 42°08′42.91"N 26°0′12.24"E | |
| Chimney of Pirdop copper smelter and refinery Pirdop copper smelter and refinery Pirdop copper smelter and refinery is the biggest facility for smelting and refining of copper in South-Eastern Europe. The factory is situated between the towns of Pirdop and Zlatitsa in the Sofia Province, western Bulgaria... |
? | Chimney | Pirdop Pirdop Pirdop is a town located in South-West Bulgaria of Sofia Province in the southeastern part of the Zlatitsa - Pirdop Valley at 670 m above sea level. It is surrounded by the Balkan Range to the north, Sredna Gora Mountain to the south, and Koznitsa and Galabets saddles to the east and west,... |
325.4 m | 1067.3 ft | 42°43′13.67"N 24°9′52.41"E | |
| Venets Transmitter Venets Transmitter Venets Transmitter is a facility for FM and TV-broadcasting near Venets and Samuil in Shumen Province in Bulgaria. Venets Transmitter uses as antenna tower a 302 metre tall guyed lattice steel mast with rectangular cross section. This mast, which was built in 1975 is the tallest radio mast at... |
1975 | Guyed Mast | Shumen Province Shumen Province -Religion:Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:-Transportation:Shumen lies on the main route between Varna and Sofia and is served by numerous trains and buses serving the city. The city is also very well connected with Istanbul which serves the large Turkish community in... |
302 m | 991 ft | 43°29′49.71"N 26°53′37.76"E | |
| Vidin Transmitter, mast 1 | 1973 | Guyed Mast | Vidin Vidin Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin... |
259 m | 850 ft | 43°50′23.97"N 22°42′53.94"E | insulated against ground, equipped with cage antenna |
| Pleven mediumwave transmitter | 1956 | Guyed Mast | Pleven Pleven Pleven is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality... |
250 m | 820 ft | 43°24′20.3"N 24°45′20.5"E ; 43°24′18.06"N 24°45′20.8"E | 2 guyed masts, insulated against ground |
| Vakarel Transmitter Vakarel Transmitter The Vakarel Transmitter is a large broadcasting facility for long- and medium wave near Vakarel, Bulgaria. The Vakarel Transmitter was inaugurated in 1937. It has one directional antenna consisting of three guyed masts and another consisting of two masts.... |
1937 | Guyed Mast | Sofia Province Sofia Province Sofia Province is a province of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia however remains its administrative center... |
215 m | 705 ft | 42°34′35.18"N 23°41′55.52"E | multiple masts, insulated against ground |
| Petrich Transmitter | 1977 | Guyed Mast | Petrich Petrich Petrich is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Belasica Mountains in the Strumeshnitsa Valley. , the town has 29920 inhabitants.Petrich is located close to the borders with Greece and the Republic of Macedonia... |
205 m | 673 ft | 41°28′14"N 23°19′37"E | insulated against ground, equipped with cage antenna |
| Shumen transmitter 1 | 1976 | Guyed mast | Shumen Shumen Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and capital of Shumen Province. In the period 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after the name of the communist leader Vasil Kolarov... |
205 m | 673 ft | 43°13′26.75"N 27°1′47.6"E | mast insulated against ground, equipped with cage antenna |
| Rousse TV Tower Rousse TV Tower The Rousse TV Tower is a 204-metre high TV tower built of reinforced concrete at Rousse, Bulgaria. Originally, the structure was constructed as a 206-metre-high TV tower with a cafe/restaurant on top and was the tallest one on the Balkan peninsula until 2001. In the 1990s an additional antenna was... |
1987 | Tower | Ruse Province Ruse Province Ruse Province is a province in northern Bulgaria, named after its main city - Ruse, neighbouring Romania via the Danube. It is divided into 8 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 249,144 inhabitants.... |
204 m | 669 ft | 43°49′27"N 25°57′27"E | |
| Chimney of Bobov Dol Power Plant Bobov Dol Power Plant Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant situated in the lands of the village Golemo Selo near the town of Bobov Dol, Kyustendil Province in western Bulgaria.... |
Chimney | Bobov Dol Bobov Dol Bobov Dol is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. Bovov Dol lies near the geographic centre of the Balkan Peninsula and is known for its coal mines and thermal power plant... |
200 m | 656 ft | 42°17′7.24"N 23°2′2.92"E |
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| Kaliakra transmitter Kaliakra transmitter Kaliakra transmitter is a huge facility for mediumwave broadcasting, which was built after 1988 by former Soviet Union as relay transmitter for Southeast Europe. After the collapse of communism in 1989, there was no requirement for this facility and work was stopped. At that point of time 9 of the... , Large Masts |
1986 | Guyed Masts | Kaliakra Kaliakra Kaliakra is a long and narrow headland in the Southern Dobruja region of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located 12 km east of Kavarna and 60 km northeast of Varna. The coast is steep with vertical cliffs reaching 70 m down to the sea.... |
172 m | 564 ft | 43°23′25.07"N 28°25′4.74"E ; 43°23′21.59"N 28°25′1.26"E | 2 masts |
| Snezhanka Tower Snezhanka Tower This article is about the TV tower. For other uses, see Snezhanka .Snezhanka Tower is a 156-metre-high television tower built of reinforced concrete with an observation deck near Pamporovo, Bulgaria... |
1978 | Tower | Smolyan Province Smolyan Province -Religion:The Smolyan province along with the Kardzhali Province is a province where the predominant religion is not Orthodox Christianity but Islam. However, unlike Kardzhali where the majority of the population is Turkish, the Muslim population of the Smolyan province is made up almost entirely... |
156 m | 512 ft | 41°38′12"N 24°40′41"E | |
| Dobrich TV Tower Dobrich TV Tower Dobrich TV Tower is a 146 metres tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete near Dobrich in Bulgaria. Dobrich TV Tower, which was designed by Petar Andreev, was completed in 1979 and has an observation deck open for tourists... |
1978 | Tower | Dobrich Dobrich Dobrich is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province. With 91,030 inhabitants, as of February 2011, Dobrich is the ninth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern Dobruja... |
146 m | 479 ft | 43°32′57"N 27°48′57"E | |
| Kaliakra transmitter Kaliakra transmitter Kaliakra transmitter is a huge facility for mediumwave broadcasting, which was built after 1988 by former Soviet Union as relay transmitter for Southeast Europe. After the collapse of communism in 1989, there was no requirement for this facility and work was stopped. At that point of time 9 of the... , Small Masts |
1986 | Guyed Masts | Kaliakra Kaliakra Kaliakra is a long and narrow headland in the Southern Dobruja region of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located 12 km east of Kavarna and 60 km northeast of Varna. The coast is steep with vertical cliffs reaching 70 m down to the sea.... |
145 m | 476 ft | 43°23′19.85"N 28°25′12"E ; 43°23′17.72"N 28°25′10.84"E ;43°23′18.45"N 28°25′17.33"E ; 43°23′16.2"N 28°25′16.09"E ;43°23′16.54"N 28°25′22.89"E ;43°23′14.58"N 28°25′21.58"E ;43°23′12.78"N 28°25′27.22"E ; 43°23′14.69"N 28°25′28.69"E (unfinished) | 7 masts completed, 1 unfinished |
| Shumen transmitter 2 | 1962 | Guyed mast | Shumen Shumen Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and capital of Shumen Province. In the period 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after the name of the communist leader Vasil Kolarov... |
142 m | 466 ft | 43°20′33"N 27°1′33"E | insulated against ground |
| Vidin Transmitter, mast 2–5 | 1973 | Guyed Mast | Vidin Vidin Vidin is a port town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Serbia and Romania, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as of the Metropolitan of Vidin... |
133 m | 436 ft | 43°50′7.81"N 22°42′39.96"E ; 43°50′6.8"N 22°42′43.13"E ; 43°50′5.47"N 22°42′38.26"E ; 43°50′4.52"N 22°42′41.35"E | insulated against ground |
| Belogradchik TV Tower | 1979 | Tower | Vidin Province Vidin Province Vidin Province is the northwesternmost province of Bulgaria. It borders Serbia to the west and Romania to the northeast. Its administrative centre is the city of Vidin on the Danube river. The area is divided into 11 municipalities... |
125 m | 410 ft | 43°27′41.3"N 22°42′21.27"E ? | |
| Silistra TV Tower | 1979 | Tower | Silistra Province Silistra Province Silistra Province is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into 7 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659 inhabitants.... |
117 m | 384 ft | 44°6′7"N 27°15′28"E | |
| Dragoman Transmitter | 1977 | Guyed Mast | Sofia-Dragoman | 112 m | 367 ft | 42°54′26"N 22°55′34"E | mast of 4th Sofia radio centre, insulated against ground |
| Blagoevgrad Transmitter | 1995 | Guyed Mast | Blagoevgrad | 112 m | 367 ft | 42°2′50"N 23°2′52"E | insulated against ground |
| Dobrich AM Transmitter | 2000 | Guyed Mast | Dobrich | 112 m | 367 ft | ? | insulated against ground |
| Dulovo Transmitter | 1991 | Guyed Mast | Dulovo | 110 m | 361 ft | 43°51′41"N 27°9′2"E | insulated against ground |
| Vitosha Mountain TV Tower Vitosha Mountain TV Tower Vitosha Mountain TV Tower, better known as Kopitoto after the rock outcrop it stands on, is a 186 meter tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, Bulgaria. The footprint of the tower has the shape of a hexagon with three of the sides extended... |
1985 | Tower | Sofia City | 108 m | 354 ft | 42°38′12"N 23°14′38"E | |
| Pleven TV Tower Pleven TV Tower Pleven TV tower is a telecommunication tower in Pleven, Bulgaria. It is located east of the Druzhba quarter of the city. The tower was opened in the 1960s; with height of 107 meters it is the tallest building in the city.... |
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Tower | Pleven Pleven Pleven is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality... |
107 m | 351 ft | 43°24′7"N 24°38′56"E | |
| Borisova Gradina TV Tower Borisova Gradina TV Tower The Borisova Gradina TV Tower or the Old TV Tower is a 106-metre tall TV tower in the garden Borisova Gradina in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is known as the tower used for the first Bulgarian National Television broadcasts in 1959.- History :The tower was designed by architect Lyuben... |
1959 | Tower | Sofia City | 106 m | 348 ft | 42°40′36"N 23°20′30"E | |
| Tutrakan TV Tower | 1979 | Tower | Silistra Province Silistra Province Silistra Province is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into 7 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659 inhabitants.... |
98 m | 322 ft | 44°2′56"N 26°37′14"E | |
| Razgrad TV Tower | 1978 | Tower | Razgrad Province Razgrad Province Razgrad Province , former name Razgrad okrug) is a province in Northeastern Bulgaria, geographically part of the Ludogorie region. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the town of Razgrad... |
88 m | 289 ft | 43°33′24"N 26°32′3"E | |
| Burgas TV Tower | 1993 | Tower | Burgas Province Burgas Province -Municipalities:The Burgas province contains 13 municipalities . The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village , and the population of each as of 2009.-Demography:The Burgas province had a population of 423,608 -Municipalities:The Burgas... |
72 m | 236 ft | 42°30′29"N 27°28′13"E |