Category: Civil Architecture > Museum
District: Setúbal > Grândola > Grândola > Grândola e Santa Margarida da Serra
Situated in the locality of Grândola, in the area of Grândola and Santa Margarida da Serra, the Water Tower is harmoniously integrated into the urban fabric. Its strategic position, typical of infrastructures of this nature, is often slightly elevated, ensuring the essential functionality for which it was designed, while integrating into the built landscape of the Alentejo town.
This structure is a testament to community progress. The Grândola Water Tower represents a crucial element in the town's development, ensuring the supply of potable water to the population. Its construction marked an important era in local history, symbolizing the growing concern for public health and the well-being of inhabitants through engineering solutions aimed at modernization and improving quality of life.
Although the Grândola Water Tower is a construction with an eminently practical function, its presence contributes to the visual identity of the locality. Its robustness and the simplicity of its lines reflect the characteristic design of public engineering works of yesteryear. It is an element that, by its scale and purpose, distinguishes itself discreetly, inviting observation of how engineering and planning shaped the daily life and growth of the town over time.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 38.1825094,-8.5677705
Coordinates DMS: 38°10'57.0"N 08°34'4.0"W
Weather Grândola
On-duty Pharmacy Grândola
