Roudnice nad Labem - Kratochvíl lookout tower

This lookout tower is located near the center of Roudnice nad Labem on a hill in Žižkové Sady and is one of the lowest lookout towers in our country (220 m above sea level). The Podřipská Agricultural Bank came up with the idea to build a lookout tower in the park in 1934, when it was celebrating its 60th anniversary establishment, and named it after its founder Václav Kratochvíl (to whom a commemorative plaque in the facade is dedicated). At the suggestion of…