Font de l’hort d'en Puig i Cadafalch

Font de l’hort d'en Puig i Cadafalch

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Font de l’hort d'en Puig i Cadafalch

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Location: Òrrius, Maresme, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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August 18, 2024

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The Font de l'hort d'en Puig i Cadafalch is an urban fountain in the municipality of Òrrius, of contemporary construction, located where the Can Blanc orchard was, formerly owned by the Puig i Cadafalch family. It is not interesting in itself as a heritage element, but rather because of the site where it is located.

It is an ogival-shaped structure, made of exposed brick. At the top there is a ceramic panel on which the name of the fountain appears.

The water flows through a nozzle with a push button and falls into a semicircular brick sink.

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August 19, 2024

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Brick well that invites you to refill your water supplies and take a short rest.

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November 9, 2025

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They say that the architect Puig i Cadafalch himself commissioned this fountain to evoke those he had seen on his travels through the Pyrenees. The water springs forth between red bricks and stone, simple yet precise, as if each curve were guided by an invisible plan. In summer, the residents of Òrrius still come down with bottles to fill it, and they say its taste changes with the phases of the moon. A small corner, but imbued with the very soul of someone who designed beauty even in a wellhead.

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