The most famous of the post-war Czechoslovak works of architecture, Ještěd Tower, which has regularly come out as the favourite in polls among professionals and the public, even today remains a reflection of the political thaw and the atmosphere of social and cultural ferment that characterised the ‘golden’ sixties. It represents a unique technical experiment, resistance to the pressure for quantity, a step away from the industrialised approach to construction, a distinctive gesture, and the dream of a generation of architects. The emotional connection it forms between a beautiful landscape setting and a thoroughly executed vision is today the symbol of the town of Liberec and even of the entire region. As a national cultural monument, the tower enjoys the highest level of protection, and since 2007 it has been on the Czech Republic’s list of sites to be nominated for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list.