Vitebsk Television Tower (Belarusian: Віцебская тэлевізійная вежа), also known as Viciebsk, Vitsebsk or Vitsyebsk TV Tower, is a 244 m (801 ft) tall steel Belarusian lattice television tower that is located in the city of Vitebsk, in Belarus, thus the name.
[1][2][3] Having a unique design, the tower is a free-standing lattice structure built with a horizontal cross on which the antenna mast is anchored.
[1][2] The Vitebsk Television Tower's construction started and concluded at the same year in 1983.
To sum up, the tower has served its very purpose for a total of 29 years.
[1][2] Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk, Vitsebsk or Vitsyebsk (Belarusian: Ві́цебск, Łacinka: Viciebsk, pronounced [ˈvʲitsʲepsk]; Russian: Ви́тебск, pronounced [ˈvʲitʲɪpsk]; Polish: Witebsk, Yiddish: וויטעבסק, romanized: Vitebsk, Lithuanian: Vitebskas), is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia.