Eldorado Do Sul RBS Radio Mast
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Eldorado do Sul RBS Radio Mast (also known as Sans-Souci Mast or as Antena do Parque Técnico Maurício Sirotsky Sobrinho) is the tallest man-made object in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. Eldorado do Sul RBS Radio Mast is used by Rede Brasil Sul Communication Group for medium-wave broadcasting on 720 kHz with 100 kW. The mast is located near the city of Eldorado do Sul
Eldorado do Sul
Eldorado do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, the state's capital and largest city, opposite the capital on the right bank of Guaíba River. Population: 33,098 ....

, in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

, state of Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...

, at 30°05′34.01"S 51°18′31.78"W. It is a 230-metre (755 ft.) tall, ground-insulated guyed mast radiator, and a nearly perfect replica of Warsaw Radio Mast
Warsaw radio mast
The Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse on 8 August 1991. It is the second tallest land-based structure ever built, being surpassed as tallest by the Burj Khalifa, completed in 2010....

. Eldorado do Sul RBS Radio Mast was built in 1985/1986 to improve the transmissions of football (soccer) matches.
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