Water tower of Peyrou, Historic water tower in the promenade of Peyrou, Montpellier, France.
Description
This hexagonal structure built in seventeen sixty-six features Corinthian columns and originally functioned as a reservoir to store and distribute drinking water throughout the city of Montpellier.
History
The water tower was designed by architect Jean Antoine Giral and completed between seventeen sixty-six and seventeen sixty-eight to mark the arrival of water from the Lez source via the nearly nine-mile-long Saint-Clément aqueduct.
Culture
Classified as a historical monument in nineteen fifty-four, this building represents eighteenth-century hydraulic engineering and reflects the importance placed on urban infrastructure development during the reign of King Louis the fifteenth.
Practical
The water tower is located on the promenade of Peyrou, a public space covering approximately seven and a half acres in central Montpellier, and is easily accessible to visitors interested in historical architecture.
Did you know?
In nineteen thirty-nine, a photograph of Jean Moulin, a key figure of the French Resistance, was taken at the base of the aqueduct feeding this reservoir, creating a lasting historical connection to World War Two.
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