The Žižkov Television Tower is the second ugliest building in the world

Sydney - The television tower in Prague's Žižkov is reportedly the second ugliest building in the world. This is according to a ranking by the website VirtualTourist, which compiled the annual list of ten architectural "disasters." The only building deemed uglier is the Morris Mechanical Theater in Baltimore, USA.
    Among the ten buildings "disfiguring even the most beautiful cities," the third place is taken by The Beehive building in the New Zealand capital, Wellington. The fourth place is occupied by the popular exhibition hall Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the fifth is the Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia.
    According to accompanying text published by the Reuters agency, the ugliness of the Žižkov television tower alone would be enough to make it stand out, but due to the toddler sculptures by artist David Černý, one can only shake their head in disbelief.
    This second annual ranking was compiled by visitors and editors of the website, where people share their impressions of tourist destinations around the world.
    "Many of these buildings are less inviting than a block of ice and some don't even look finished. In any case, they provide an interesting topic for debate," said VirtualTourist's general manager Giampiero Ambrosi to Reuters about the list, in which, alongside those in Prague and Paris, the National Library building in Kosovo's Pristina is also represented.
    The transmitter above Prague's Žižkov began construction 24 years ago on the site of a former Jewish cemetery. It was put into operation in 1992. The toddler sculptures by artist David Černý appeared on the more than two-hundred-meter-tall tube, nicknamed Cosmic Rocket, Jakeš's Finger, or Biľak's Needle, nine years ago.