EUR piezometric water tower, Water tower in EUR district, Rome, Italy
The EUR piezometric water tower rises 52 meters above ground, featuring a cylindrical shaft supporting a circular platform with a restaurant at its summit.
Architects Roberto Colosimo and Lorenzo Monardo completed this modernist structure in 1959 during Rome's post-war urban development of the EUR district.
The tower earned the nickname 'Il Fungo' due to its mushroom shape and appeared in multiple films, including Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Eclisse in 1962.
The structure functions as an elevated water reservoir, distributing water through gravity to the surrounding Europa residential area and the Parco Centrale del Lago waterfall.
The rooftop restaurant, established in 1964 following a proposal by tenor Mario Del Monaco, offers dining at the top of this functional water infrastructure.
Location: Rome
Inception: 1959
Architects: Roberto Colosimo, Lorenzo Monardo
Height: 52 m
Address: Piazza Pakistan, 1A, 00144, Roma
Website: https://eurspa.it/it/asset-property/patrimonio/il-fungo
GPS coordinates: 41.82449,12.46292
Latest update: May 17, 2025 10:26
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