Fireworks celebrating the reopening of the Avala TV Tower. Awesome!
April 22, 2010
April 21, 2010
The Avala TV Tower Lives Again! →
The Avala TV Tower, which was destroyed in 1999 during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (now Serbia), was reopened in a moving national ceremony today.
I am not going to say: ‘The Avala Tower is now officially opened’. That‘s because, for us, it was never officially closed. We just didn‘t see it for a while, but it was always there with us. Of course, I am delighted to be opening this tower, but I wish that no other Mayor ever has to reopen it again. We have it, let‘s preserve it.
~~ Dragan Djilas, Mayor of Belgrade
The Avala TV Tower, which was destroyed on April 29, 1999, during the 78-day NATO seige on Yugoslavia, was reopened today in a moving national ceremony. Nearly 11 years to the day, it’s been rebuilt and is again the tallest structure in Serbia, a testament to the fortitude and determination of the Serbian people.
April 18, 2010
I so want to go here someday. And I want my BFF to show me all this and more. :)
