The construction of the Hýlačka lookout tower will be supported by Tábor with 2.5 million

Tábor - The city of Tábor will support the construction of the Hýlačka observation tower with a sum of 2.5 million crowns. The original tower burned down on January 1, 2012. Since then, the Czech Tourist Club has been seeking funds for its reconstruction. In addition to Tábor, the South Bohemia Region will also contribute to Hýlačka. It is expected to invest approximately 2.5 million crowns into the construction. Radek Přílepek from the Czech Tourist Club, which owns the observation tower, informed ČTK about this today.
    "We believe that construction should start this autumn. We would like to open Hýlačka to tourists during next year," he said. He did not want to disclose the exact amount that the Czech Tourist Club currently has for the project. According to him, it could affect the competition for the construction. The Czech Tourist Club has raised 550,000 crowns for the restoration of Hýlačka.
    The architectural competition for the project was won last year by David Grygar and his team of collaborators. It is a project of a lightweight steel structure with two supporting columns that will be anchored by six tie rods.
    The Hýlačka observation tower was built in 1920 in the shape of a Hussite lookout and stood in the Tábor district of Větrovy. It was commissioned by the Tábor tourist club, which reclaimed the tower in 1990 from Svazarm and then reopened it to the public. The tower has been registered among cultural monuments since 1995.