Žižkovský vysílač (monument)

Žižkovský vysílač, or Žižkovská televizní věž, is one of Prague’s boldest pieces of high-tech architecture. Designed by Václav Aulický and built between 1985 and 1992, it rises from the late communist era but belongs to a very different city — one reshaped by the changes of the early 1990s. As a television and radio transmitter tower, it was made for signal, not decoration, and its purpose is still practical today. What gives it its unforgettable profile are David Černý’s crawling baby sculptures, added much later and now inseparable from the tower’s identity. Those figures turn a strictly functional structure into something far stranger and more playful, and they’ve helped make the tower a symbol of modern Prague rather than just a technical mast. The tower’s English name, Žižkov Television Tower, points to its role clearly enough, while the Czech name, Žižkovský vysílač, keeps the local character intact. …

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