Baťa's Skyscraper
A skyscraper in Zlín, also known as Building No. 21, 77.5 metres high with sixteen floors. It was the administration building of the Bata Shoes company and is now the headquarters of the Zlín Region, famous for the director's office inside a lift.
- Where
- Zlín, Czechia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 49.2232, 17.6583
Get the Baťa's Skyscraper stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Baťa's Skyscraper. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Zlín volume with your photos and a note.
Near Baťa's Skyscraper
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž 22 km
A Baroque palace of the Archbishops of Olomouc in Moravia, with a picture gallery and a library, set beside two historic gardens. The Flower Garden and the Pleasure Garden together are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
St Wenceslas Cathedral, Olomouc 51 km
A neo Gothic cathedral on Wenceslas Hill in Olomouc, founded in 1107. Its tower rises about 100 metres, making it the second tallest church tower in the Czech Republic after the one in Plzeň.
Holy Trinity Column 51 km
A Baroque plague column on Upper Square in Olomouc, built between 1716 and 1754 to celebrate the Catholic Church and give thanks for the end of a plague. It is the largest Baroque sculptural group in Central Europe and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Moravian Karst 67 km
A karst landscape north of Brno with more than a thousand caves. Visitors can tour the Punkva Caves and the Macocha Abyss, and the park is the largest cave system in the country.
Macocha Abyss 69 km
A collapsed sinkhole in the Moravian Karst north of Brno, 138.5 metres deep. Visitors can look down from two platforms, and boats run along the underground Punkva river that flows at the bottom of the gorge.
Punkva Caves 70 km
A cave system in the Moravian Karst north of Brno, near the town of Blansko, through which the Punkva River flows. Visitors can ride a boat on the underground river and look up into the Macocha Abyss, a sinkhole about 138.7 metres deep.
Villa Tugendhat 76 km
A functionalist family villa in Brno designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and built in 1929 and 1930. Its open interior, onyx wall and glass wall onto the garden made it one of the pioneering works of modern European architecture, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Brno Ossuary 76 km
An underground ossuary in the historical centre of Brno, partly beneath the Church of St. James. It was rediscovered in 2001 and is estimated to hold the remains of over 50 thousand people, making it the second largest ossuary in Europe after the Paris catacombs.
Questions
Where is Baťa's Skyscraper?
Baťa's Skyscraper is in Zlín, Czechia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž (22 km), St Wenceslas Cathedral, Olomouc (51 km), Holy Trinity Column (51 km).
How do I get the Baťa's Skyscraper stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Baťa's Skyscraper and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Zlín volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Baťa's Skyscraper before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Zlín volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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