My Trips: Lendava, Slovenia

Lendava (formerly Dolnja Lendava, in older sources also Dolenja Lendava; Hungarian: Lendva, formerly Alsólendva; German: Lindau, formerly Unter-Limbach) is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. The name of the settlement was changed from Dolnja Lendava to Lendava in 1955. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga Vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene. The town is the centre of the Hungarian minority in Slovenia. Vinarium Tower (Slovene: Stolp Vinarium; Vinarium Lendava, Panonnian Basin Lighthouse, Prekmurje Eiffel Tower or Barad dur aka. Tower of Sauron) is a Slovenian steel construction 53.5 m (176 ft) tall observation tower in Dolgovaške Gorice, a village in the middle Lendavske gorice region above Lendava. It stands at 302 m (991 ft) above sea level near Hungarian border. Architects are Oskar Virag and Iztok Rajšter from architectural office Vires. This is the highest observation tower in Slovenia. Tower was officially opened on 2 September 2015. Tower allows view in four different countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Austria and Croatia. (Wikipedia)