Ginosa water tower
The piezometric water tower Ginosa is a 122 meter high water tower near Ginosa and serves to equalize the pressure of the water in the Pertusillo aqueduct, which carries water from the Agri river in Basilicata . Today the waters of the Agri and the Sinni in Basilicata are the primary sources of water supply in Puglia .
The water tower of Ginosa is one of the highest water towers in Europe and is nicknamed "Il Missile", Italian for "the rocket", because of its rocket-like appearance.
Web links
- "La forma dell'acqua". in National Geographic , accessed December 13, 2014.
- Ginosa water tower , accessed December 13, 2014.
Coordinates: 40 ° 30 ′ 56 ″ N , 16 ° 45 ′ 54 ″ E