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Tower of Puiggraciós

Figaró-Montmany, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

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Tower of Puiggraciós

Monument · Figaró-Montmany, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona

An old optical telegraph tower built in 1845, already in the 19th century, in the municipality of Figaró-Montmany, declared Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (Catalonia's highest level of heritage protection). It stands 100 meters from the sanctuary of Puiggraciós, on a small hill with a strategic position and good visibility over the surrounding land. It is a square-plan tower, three stories high, with an entrance portal with a voussoired lintel; the ground floor has arrow-slit openings and a cornice marking its height, while the two upper bodies have rectangular openings. The roof is flat.

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