Water tower of Peyrou

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Location: Montpellier

Inception: 1766

Part of: promenade of Peyrou

GPS coordinates: 43.61138,3.86905

Latest update: November 28, 2025 15:41