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Torre d’Aigües de Josep Amargós

Download date: 15/10/2026

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Torre d’Aigües was the first monument to change Tibidabo’s skyline. It was built to store water and distribute it to the new urban developments.

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This is a tower by Josep Amargós i Samaranch, constructed to store water for the amusement park and the surrounding housing developments commissioned by Dr Andreu. Dating from 1905, it is a building that stands out above the landscape with its Renaissance ornamentation, crowned by a dome that serves as a water tank. These tanks were placed high up to provide the water with enough pressure to supply the surrounding houses. Water towers became an essential part of urban planning in many housing developments, and were soon a common element of the city’s landscape. They represent a technological revolution brought about by private initiative. Developers sought self-sufficiency so that they could build houses wherever people wanted to live, without being dependent on the city’s water supply, sewage system or electrical grid.

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Torre d’Aigües de Josep Amargós

Address:
Carretera de Vallvidrera al Tibidabo, 107
Districte:
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Neighborhood:
Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes
City:
Barcelona
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La societat promotora de la urbanització del Tibidabo, encarregà a l'arquitecte Josep Amargós la construcció d'una torre de bombeig i emmagatzament de les aigües de DosRius per garantir el subministre tant al Parc d'Atraccions com a la segona fase d'urbanització residencial, situada als terrenys del costat del parc, camí de Vallvidrera.

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