Super-Cannes water tower, Water tower in Lotissement de Super-Cannes, France.

The Super-Cannes water tower is a reinforced-concrete tower on the summit of the California massif, built in an eclectic Gothic-inspired style as a keep with a crenellated parapet resting on corbels. Its concrete was coated with render to give it an aged look, later painted ochre. The shaft is pale yellow and windowless, topped by a flat roof with a low parapet and antennas.

Built in 1926 for the Société immobilière de Paris et du littoral by the Société lyonnaise des eaux et de l'éclairage, the tower supplied drinking and garden water to the projected Super-Cannes estate through a 24-kilometre network. A belvedere, tea room and luxury shops were planned but never built; the developer's debts ended the scheme and the land was resold. The tower still supplies Cannes's Californie-Pezou district and was listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage in 2001.

The tower's name comes from the Super-Cannes estate it was built to supply, and locals also call it the Californie tower after the massif. Its concrete was coated with render to look old, then painted ochre to match nearby buildings. The belvedere, tea room and luxury shops planned for it were never built, so the tower stayed a plain utility structure.

The tower sits on a hilltop with good visibility and is easy to spot from above. The site is best reached on foot or by car, depending on where you are exploring in the area.

The tower was meant to carry a belvedere with a perimeter walkway on pilotis, sheltering three levels of wooden stalls for a tea room, shops, a sales office and staff housing. Two builders priced the scheme, Demay Frères of Reims and Despagnat of Paris, but the debt-ridden developer dropped it.