![Water tower (water castle) in Valence](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwQZr4T_LURYwg3eugSTptU08noqm1Wsf71ikLOtZd5qPbh5l-jBoSq5QTOXDKdkeuZIJuhXZefeDQlLWSCZWdh9g6yM_M5-iZdmdGDldjvrQ87cn-L_r5PhWRHbTq9xZZow/s320/Water+castles+(water+towers)+in+Valence+1.jpg)
If you needed to build a couple of water towers to support a local community, there are two ways you could go about it.
One would be to hire an architect and a civil engineer to build a round or rectangular structure to hold the stuff that’s currently in short supply (to drink at least) in Gloucester this week.
The other approach is to commission a sculptor to help disguise the enormous structure by making it a work of public art that is a delight to look at.
![Water tower (water castle) in Valence](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvol-eix310u4t-_JfiAwU2D5JqblqjrR7hT3XsxU89MRUVgXMycRH1OMFwPeiAsXxbSQ5s6sJWlOZhSPuJhNKdWlNOd6a9ZuIeJTWEc3tDmQq-GvcA3-_Xn-qguivFEB7Nzk/s320/Water+castles+(water+towers)+in+Valence+2.jpg)
The city of Valence took this latter approach when in 1970 they built two “futuristic water castles” (deux châteaux d’eau futuristes) in the middle of a lake in Le Parc Jean Perdrix.
![Water tower (water castle) in Valence](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PEerDPVDonMNnGN-PPkMVjMyrYF70t5Vbw-1nm-9VImAFPgQWGcrA9qMtzxGRwfPpaZwqpibxE4rXsv9Aa13zUC43n_oQ_dF7EJQZ1A7sCx_Ed8OfayDCEv-lUP7xZ6pIwU/s320/Water+castles+(water+towers)+in+Valence+3.jpg)
The sculptor was Philolaos Tloupas (no English translation of his Wikipedia page yet).
![Water tower (water castle) in Valence](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ALcKtaM3mYTSL_PrCABF2LsySB78e6PZUP26rxveBfbYOUN3LL4pyUbm3XpBGTvd8CTd21IOqGnNAOZucAb04SZnQWSRa6VzWmAMgLzWVh8SYORFrHuZrjIs7DWSQBJdjpo/s320/Water+castles+(water+towers)+in+Valence+4.jpg)
More snaps over at Flickr.
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awesome
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