Water tower (Ħamrun)

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Monument tat-Tromba

The water tower of Ħamrun ( English Round Water Tower , Maltese Monument tat-Tromba ) is a water tower in Malta . It was built in 1610 under the Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt as part of the Wignacourt Aqueduct . The tower has been entered in the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands under inventory number 8 since 2011 .

location

The water tower is located in the city of Ħamrun on the main island of Malta . The address is given as Triq San Gejtanu , Ħamrun, Malta. It is somewhat hidden between modern houses.

architecture

The upper part of the cylindrical structure bears Wignacourt's coat of arms and a plaque with an inscription. This reads: “ VT SPIRITVS IN AQVIS SIC SPIRITVS AB AQVIS. BONTADINO DE BONTADINIS BONON AQUEDUCTORE MDCX ”.

history

The aqueduct , designed by engineer Bontadino de Bontadini based on the Roman model, supplied the port city of Valletta with drinking water that had to be brought there by carts beforehand. In the late 18th century, the aqueduct was reinforced again under Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc .

function

As part of the Wignacourt aqueduct, the tower forwarded the water from the aqueduct flowing from Attard to Ħamrun through an underground pipe to Valletta. The tower served as an inspection point, the quality of the water could be observed in the open water tank. Similar towers were the Wignacourt Tower in Santa Venera and the Tower of St. Joseph in Floriana .

literature

  • Giovanni Francesco Abela : Della descrittione di Malta isola nel mare Siciliano con le sve antichita con le Antichita ed altre Note . Paolo Bonacota, Malta 1647 (Italian).
  • Thomas Freller: Malta: The Order of St John . Midsea Books, Santa Venera 2010, ISBN 978-99932-7-298-4 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Round Tower (Water Tower). (PDF; 473 kB) In: National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. Sovrintendenza tal-Patrimonju Kulturale, December 16, 2011, accessed on October 19, 2019 .

Coordinates: 35 ° 53 '10.4 "  N , 14 ° 29' 8.6"  E